Ever have one of those years? Let’s make that two of those years. The things going on around us (in my opinion) have made these last two years the most difficult to navigate that I […]
Category: Christian Living
Full Charge Ahead
I have an evening bedtime routine that has changed significantly in the last few years as I’ve acclimated to technology. Since gadgets entered my universe, my bedtime rituals have expanded to include making sure all […]
Word for the Year!
For many years, I have prayed about and come up with a “word for the year.” Yes, I do also write goals for the year! However, besides Bible reading, when the going gets tough and […]
Time for Reflection
2021 is drawing to a close. It is a good time for reflection. Following are a few questions I recently read online: What is the greatest lesson I learned this year? What were the 2 […]
Thermometer or thermostat
Are you a thermometer or are you a thermostat? Both devices deal with temperature, but their uses are different. A thermometer simply reflects the temperature, but a thermostat actually determines the temperature. A thermostat can […]
If These Walls Could Talk…
I remember when the walls of VCNP were being built and going up. If we could hear what the walls were “saying,” I think it would be about being part of something of eternal significance—it […]
Let Go and Abide
Here is a picture of balloons in flight. God wants you to know, I see and know you inside and out. Allow a fresh wind of my Spirit to blow in and through all the […]
A Shout Out to our VCNP staff and volunteers.
Henri Nouwen once said, “Community is where humility and glory touch. However, community is first of all a quality of the heart. It grows from the spiritual knowledge that we are alive not for ourselves […]
“Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda…”
My favorite author, Henri Nouwen, said this, “The real enemies of our life are the ‘oughts’ and the ‘ifs.’ They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real […]
Don’t give up!
Theodore Roosevelt said, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who pointes out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs […]