Society has a way of labeling and identifying us in a myriad of ways. Language, for instance, can identify a person’s nationality and dialect can isolate a particular region in which a person was likely raised. How, then, as believers in Jesus Christ are we to be identified? Are we Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran or Non-Denominational…
Sometimes my world is sunny. Other times it’s quite rainy. This has been a rainy season. My heart has hurt. I lived through the Rodney King riots in L.A. I was in high school and remember watching the TV and thinking the world was collapsing. It was so scary to watch. I attended a racially…
“I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another.” John 13:34-35 (AMP) Love one another; that is what…
All fear finds its roots in insecurity. Right now we feel the ground moving beneath us. We are acting out of a need to feel some control, like filling our homes with food and toilet paper. We crave security; it gives us a false sense of power. But no matter how hard we try to…
A couple of weeks ago I participated in an online devotional that consisted of discussing what things we should reintroduce into our lives in preparation for when things go back to “normal”. During this time our busyness has slowed, there’s virtually no place to go, and nothing to do; but what has certainly increased for…
Our lives used to be filled with lists of where “to go”, hurried and scattered and full of our schedules and everyone else’s to do’s. Today we are just filled with “to go” dinner’s. Our rat race has slowed, our calendars are cleared, so what are we to do when there seems nowhere to go?…
Hugs are a natural practice for most of us. The word for hugs in the Welsh language is “Cwtch”. They take great pride in this word and you’ll find it inscribed on their flags, wooden placards, stickers, etc. On my first trip to Wales many of the Welsh would ask if I had learned any…
Colossians 1:15 (NIV), “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.” As our country and our world are experiencing the Covid 19 pandemic, we continue to hear updates from our President and our Governors daily. President Trump considers himself a “war time President” fighting an “invisible enemy.” Scientists don’t know everything there is…
There is a dividing line in our lives, a before and an after. When I was a young adult my ‘before and after’ was the death of my teenage brother. As life moved forward my memories were neatly tucked on either side of that dividing line. As I have aged other major events have taken…
One of my favorite things to do is listen to music. It soothes me, calms me and encourages me like nothing else. It’s no wonder that whenever I feel distressed, anxious or worried, music is the first thing I run to. Have you ever heard a song that says exactly what you’re feeling and thinking…