Before she was even two years old, our granddaughter would entertain us with the words to this song: “Hey Jude, don’t make it bad.Take a sad song and make it better.” You’re […]
Hey, Jude
What Does God Want For Me?
A valid question that deserves a response. A question that most everyone has asked at some point in life. You might even Google it and you would see a thousand different opinions. […]
A Curious Case of Humdudgeons
Though it may sound like something that comes from an old English novel, or perhaps the language of the Hobbits, the word humdudgeon is rarely found in literature and appears even more […]
“Walk In Love”
“I was very glad to find some of your children walking in the truth, in keeping with a command we have received from the Father. So now I urge you, dear lady—not as if […]
Surrendering Sunday
I can guess what you’re thinking. “She’s a pastor’s wife, so she’s going to write about why we should go to church on Sunday.” But I’m not. I’ve been home a week […]
Afraid of the Dark
“I had a bad dream!” My sweet little granddaughter was crying and this Nana ran to the rescue. Even though she had not even been to sleep yet, she was imagining things […]
Life and Breath… and Easter
Can you remember a time when you got the breath knocked out of you? It is a scary moment when your brain tells you to breathe, but your body says, “I can’t!” […]
This Is Love
“This is how we have come to know love: He laid down his life for us.” 1 John 3:16 The topic has been dissected, analyzed, misunderstood and completely misrepresented. In the world’s […]
God Speaks… Even There
A baby born in a stable an animal feeding trough for a bed Straw and hay… and filth. God chooses this place. It will be a reminder that He provides… just not […]
Revisiting Job: When Life is Hard
Don’t go. I know that “hard” is not a word that makes you want to read on… but stay anyway. Just because it is hard, it doesn’t mean that it’s bad. It’s […]
When God Interrupts Your Plans
That’s how we think, isn’t it? When we find ourselves right in the middle of having to readjust our plans because someone or something messes up our perfectly planned out Calendar-For-The-Week… “Many […]
The Daily Yes
More than just the power of positive thinking–or positive living–being willing to say yes to whatever life throws at us involves surrender. This act of surrender is not a one-time event. In […]
Inerrancy Still Matters
Originally posted on Doug Munton:
“Is the Bible inerrant?”, my professor wrote on the board, and a spirited discussion in my first Ph.D. seminar began. Some classmates said the Bible has errors,…
God Is Never Surprised
Think about that for a moment. Though the human existence is full of surprises–some that delight us and others that devastate us, it is a comforting reminder that the Sovereign God of […]
Whiter Than Snow
The sun is shining and the snow is sparkling like thousands of tiny diamonds. Not so much a winter person, I do love a fresh palette of snow. I am never one […]
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