Encouragement & Growth
We continued this past week with the study, Power for the World: Book 2, The Jesus, Light of Nations Series . The experiences of our friends, Paul and Barnabas, brought some rich lessons: Spiritual jealousy is destructive to us all. "Jealousy" was roused because...
Our GPS System
"But no, my people wouldn't listen. Israel did not want me around. So I let them follow their own stubborn desires, living according to their own ideas." (Psalm 81: 11-12, NLT) Ever make a wrong turn? You are following your GPS, but something goes wrong. A wrong turn...
Pause
Each Friday my writing stems from a word prompt. Five minutes, one word prompt. The prompt this week is … Pause. Upon seeing the word, I turn to the dictionary and read, "to cause to hesitate or be unsure, as from surprise or doubt" (from dictionary.com). The...
He Gave
It's easy to miss a few words when they are nestled in the familiar ... "For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." (John 3:16, NLT) "For God loved the world so much...
Living Open Lives
The years pass more quickly than one could ever imagine. While in the throes of raising children, you cannot imagine ever getting beyond those years. Yet they pass in a flash. With age and time and experiences one comes to realize there is not much in life worth...
How To Be A Perfect Christian
The book showed up in my mailbox and I am not even sure how. But I read it on the assumption I may have agreed to review it and so forged ahead. Satire, as defined by dictionary.com, is "the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or...