When I was young, I had a toy bubble push-mower. I was only maybe eighteen months old, but I took great joy in imitating my dad pushing his giant red mower up and down our yard. I was intrigued by the iridescent orbs shooting out of my mower while also feeling great pride in beingContinue reading “Be Imitators”
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Flashback Friday – To Be Fully Known and Fully Loved
“Deep down, our root desire is really about longing for the experience of real love, that somebody would know us totally and at the same time love us completely.” – Jared C. Wilson What is the worst thing you have ever done? How many people have you told about it? The majority of us would say none,Continue reading “Flashback Friday – To Be Fully Known and Fully Loved”
Love – Advent 2023
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. There’ll be holiday greetings and friends coming to call. It’s the time of year to throw around phrases like Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, to be of good cheer to every cashier and barista in sight. But what does it mean when we wish someone a MerryContinue reading “Love – Advent 2023”
Guarding Your Heart in a Digital Age: An Open Letter to My Daughter
Keep your heart with all vigilance,for from it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23 Dear Daughter, As you enter this season of life as a teenager quickly changing into a young woman in a digital age, I want you to know I do not want to hide you from the world so that youContinue reading “Guarding Your Heart in a Digital Age: An Open Letter to My Daughter”
Flashback Friday – The God Who Sees Me
There she sat alone by the water. Given to a man, by no choice of her own, only to be used as part of a selfish plan. She received no protection or provision that normally comes from a union like this. She wasn’t loved. She wasn’t cherished. She wasn’t cared for. She was despised. Sure,Continue reading “Flashback Friday – The God Who Sees Me”
Flashback Friday – Anxiety: Are You Trusting the One Who’s in Control?
We’ve probably all read the most popular verses on anxiety: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” (Philippians 4:6) “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is itsContinue reading “Flashback Friday – Anxiety: Are You Trusting the One Who’s in Control?”
Flashback Friday – Speed the Spread: Sharing the Good News in a Pandemic
The pandemic may be over, but social hesitancies remain. We must break out of our comfort zones to take the good news of Christ to our neighbors.
To Be Fully Known and Fully Loved
“Deep down, our root desire is really about longing for the experience of real love, that somebody would know us totally and at the same time love us completely.” – Jared C. Wilson
The Attributes of God (Part 7): Love
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, . . . that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filledContinue reading “The Attributes of God (Part 7): Love”
Renounce Your Wish, Gain Your Soul
What would you give up in order to gain your life? In the movie Wonder Woman 1984, Diana (aka Wonder Woman) makes a wish on an ancient artifact, the Dreamstone, which is said to grant the holder whatever they desire. Diana’s wish is to have her old flame, Steve, brought back to her from theContinue reading “Renounce Your Wish, Gain Your Soul”
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