One of my daily prayers for years to our Father is to help me to use my mouth to lift up others. It is a need to pray this daily because our mouth is a […]
Category: Christian Living
Change
Life is full of change. I often don’t like it. This year has brought the death of my Mother, putting my father in a nursing home, and my daughter leaving for college, (and just recently […]
Business As Usual …
It started like any other day. It was business as usual as people rushed to work, to school, to appointments and meetings. There was nothing much to alert the world that things were about to […]
Whose Opinion matters?
Let’s face it. When we were in school, it was our friends’ opinions that usually mattered most. As we age and grow in Christ, we can see more and more that it is what God […]
My Fear Is Great. My God Is Greater.
I am filled with anxiety these days. I’m anxious about things going on in my life, in my country, and in the world. My racing thoughts and accelerated heart rate can at times distract […]
Mourning and Dancing
“We tend to stay away from Mourning and dancing. Too afraid to cry, too shy to dance…While we live in a world subject to the evil one, we belong to God. Let us mourn, and […]
1,999 Versus The One
It took much longer than expected – nearly five weeks. I lost track of the number of times I wanted to quit and walk away. In the end though, I was victorious and very proud […]
Five Lies of Identity
I thought it was worth posting this from Henri Nowen, one of my favorite authors. The Five lies of identity: I am what I have. I am what I do. I am what other people […]
Reach out and Touch Someone
Back in the 13th century there was a German emperor named Frederick the Second who wanted to know what language children would speak if no one ever spoke to them. He chose several newborns and […]
The small things are actually the BIG things!
It could be the content that I’m choosing to consume… or it could be the message God is giving me. Either way, I’ve had multiple devotionals in the last couple of weeks point to this […]