For the past three months, the news of death and illness has hung it’s weight across my heart. Those that have passed on include one of my husband’s oldest friends, one of my dad’s friends, my friend’s baby, several people I once went to church with, a youth leader I knew and cherished. My dad’s […]
Read MoreIt’s easy to be scared. Fear is a basic instinct. Fear is also the tool of the enemy. Fear, once inside, will gnaw away at love, hope, kindness, gentleness, self-control. Fear will lie to you and tell you there is no goodness, or not enough goodness to make up for the evil. Fear will trick […]
Read MoreCan I tell you about my first sanctuary? It wasn’t in the scratchy mustard yellow pews and burgundy carpet of my church with the stained glass windows that have since been replaced. I learned how to worship there, but that’s not the first place I learned to worship. (I learned much later how to worship […]
Read MoreIt’s not Heaven that holds us to a standard we can’t possibly reach – it’s the world. Heaven, though a lofty place, offers us access, immediate and unconditional access, through our belief. It isn’t Heaven that keeps moving the bar a little higher. It’s us. It’s our employers or our culture or our church or […]
Read MoreMost of us spend a lot of time on our work. Whether that work is school, parenting, a career, running a home, or any combination of the four, we spend a lot of time on it. With all the time we spend working, striving, trying to do our work well, it’s easy to forget that […]
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