Darkness and Light
It was somewhere early fall, I knew I needed to do an Advent study in order to prepare my heart to be prepared for this Advent season. My heart was feeling heavy, burdened, by the news and world events. There were four hundred years of silence prior to Jesus' birth....
Will you hold the rope?
When you are a part of The Lulu Tree for years, since the beginning of its formation, a mystery takes place in your spirit. The people, the faces, the growth all become personal as the mystery of an attachment begins to root deeply in your heart. A sense of family...
Exodus to Advent
Christmas. It's a time of waiting and activity probably unmatched by any other time of year. Yet it is also a season of preparation. Advent. The time our hearts need to be prepared for Jesus. In her book, Exodus to Advent, author Esther Baird takes us back to the Old...
Faith, Hope & Assurance
We continued this our second week of the study, "It Could Only Be Jesus": The Law serves a purpose in our lives. In Romans 3:1-3 and 9-20, Paul addresses the equality of Jews and Gentiles before God. He reminds us how fallen man, which is the reason we cannot think of...
When Life Breaks Forth
She had been drooling a little more than one would think for three months old and so, we never even thought to check her gums. But when her tongue began moving about as if to wonder what she was feeling, I gently ran my finger over her lower gums. Much to our...
It’s More Than A Holiday
"Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name." (Hebrews 13:15, NLT) "But as important as Thanksgiving is ... Thanksgiving is more than a holiday. It is a nonstop event, 24/7, 365 days of the...