Are You Exhausted?
My five-year-old daughter lay on the couch with a bout of small pox. The preschool school informed me that my son had stuck a kernel of corn in his ear. My one-year-old screeched in the other room,. Spaghetti sauce splattered all over the stove. My husband would be home soon expecting dinner, and don’t even […]
Do you want Jesus?
I taught a Sunday morning children’s life group two weeks ago. This question was posed to the children: “Do you want Jesus?” The context for the question came out of Colossians 1:15-2:3, where Paul exalted the supremacy of Jesus on parchment. Of course, the Sunday school answer to the question is yes. I wanted to […]
Gray areas in the scriptures
This past week my Bible study group bantered over Romans 14. (Click here to read.) If you want my CliffsNotes on this portion of Paul’s letter, he is telling his readers to defer in love in those matters that are not black and white but gray.
Three takeaways from the Olympics
I love the spirit of the Olympics. What inspires me even more than the games themselves are the stories behind each athlete. A mountain of obstacles blocks their dream, and they find themselves stuck in deep valleys of pain, injuries and discouragement. Yet in the slogging through the valleys a burning desire for gold remains.
Are we grumbling or complaining?
This past Sunday at church our senior pastor spoke via simulcast to all the regional campuses about the vision for the church. One aspect of the vision challenged the six congregations to make 10,000 disciples. Disciples making more disciples. It’s a gigantic vision.
When God asks you to do something hard
I’m tired. December was a month of abundant activity but now I have the holiday hangover. Maybe it’s the sugar comma, the extra pounds, or the dreary pewter skies. Before the holidays,