Francine River's book, "The Last Sin Eater" is a great story of shame, guilt, and the redemption that only comes through Jesus. Highly recommended!
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Our modern culture has a difficult time with cold, hard lines in the sand. We find the exception, we argue the outlier. The church is no different. We justify, compromise, and modify God's clear directions to fit our modern, relevant understanding.
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Perhaps our permissive and entitled culture has contributed to a generation of kids who have lost the ability to see right from wrong and to rule themselves. If I hadn't told my kids no, how would they have grown up with the ability to tell themselves no?
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I am grateful that my worst day occurred far from Facebook, cameras, and the accusations of the world. We are so quick these days to point the finger, assign blame, and demand retribution and punishment- all on the few facts we read at the moment.
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If you want to know why remembering on Memorial Day is so important, and the depth of the debt we owe our soldiers, read one of the following books. If you read two or three of them, you might find your mind forever altered. You might even walk up to a random service person and give them a hug, just in sheer gratitude. Consider yourself warned!
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The omniscient God of variety, creativity, and purpose has made you, woman of God, EXACTLY RIGHT, for His plan and His work. My strengths as well as my weaknesses are for the common good.
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When it feels like it is going to be a bad day before I ever get out of bed, I have learned to reset myself through a few simple steps.
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I learned some lessons from cleaning my closet that helps me keep my heart and emotions clean as well. Plus, I got my closet clean and you can too!
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As I sit across the table from my kids at Mother's Day lunch, I am keenly aware of their mercy. They KNOW the real me. They have seen and experienced me in all my up-close and personal reality.
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God has bigger things going on than just the 2016 USA Presidential campaign. No matter who sits in the Oval Office next January, God is still in charge.
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I still must lay down my life, pick up my cross, and follow Him. Daily. Hourly. Minute by ticking minute.
And every step I take has taken me further and further from where I am safe and comfortable and in control. Jesus takes my nice little comfortable box of possibilities and blows it to pieces.
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Biographies are one of my favorite genres to read. They record a person's life. The good choices and the bad. The unintended consequences that result from those choices. The lives touched, the places visited, the sorrows endured, the joys discovered. The impact
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hat if my "deficiencies" are the exact things God will use to make people ooh and awe over the beauty He is going to create? When He does that, He gets all the glory!
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Having a consistent Quiet Time through my adult life has built my faith more than anybook, sermon, or conference. God’s work through His Word is miraculous. Like feeding 5000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish, type of miraculous. He multiplies. He deepens. He extends.
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Having a consistent Quiet Time through my adult life has built my faith more than any book, sermon, or conference. God's work through His Word is
Read MoreJust as some people are motivated in their vocations by political ideology or patriotism, we were motivated to serve the poor by our love for Jesus. He loved us enough to rescue us from our destructive behaviors, selfishness, bitterness, and isolation. He was a faithful friend who protected and provided for us. We wanted to do the things that
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THIS POST IS FOR WOMEN 50 AND OVER...Seriously...All men, go away. Women younger than that, I am warning you- you are reading at your own risk. It may be beneficial to your happiness...
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Today I need to remind myself that God is on His throne because there is a pit in my stomach and an ache in my heart.
I have never been so
Read MoreEntertainment for kids has become big business. And expensive. The local amusement park is well over $50 just to get in. Add on the overpriced food and drink and the price per person is way up there. But all amusement, from bowling to laser tag to arcades to restaurants with fake elephants glaring at you from the
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