“Have you prayed about it?” If you’re reading this, you’ve most likely been asked this question at some point in your life. Oftentimes, when talking to a fellow believer about a difficult season you are walking through, that is the first thing they think to ask. Everything in your body wants to scream, “YES! Don’t…
August always seems to come with lots of new beginnings and fresh starts. Sometimes, I think August feels more like a new beginning than January. School is starting, ministry is starting, the seasons begin to change … well, unless you’re in the deep south like me, then you might have to wait a few more…
When the Red Bird Came Calling… I am sitting today with my Mom at Southwest Christian Care while I wait for her to make her way to heaven. There is a clear double glass door that allows us to see outside to the trees and the sky, but there is one special red bird that…
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ” (Galatians 6:2 NIV). When I was in Girl Scouts, I learned about the buddy system. In a troop of 4th, 5th, and 6th graders, we were never allowed to go anywhere without a companion, especially when we were camping or…
To see the temperature of the world right now, all you have to do it take a brief look around. There are a lot of people hurting. But lately, I’ve dealt with a lot of family dramas. Some have been my own family and some have been just listening to precious friends. If there is…
Throughout the Bible, we see people and groups of people build an altar to worship God. There are times when God commands it, and other times, they are simply compelled to do it. Why is this important, or does the difference even matter? I think this is to show us that sometimes we don’t feel…
Choices are one thing we all have in common. We make choices every day in order to live. Choices are one of the greatest gifts God has given us. Choices like, do we want ice cream or brownies for dessert, who we get to marry, where we live and work, but especially the choice to…
Today I sat down to write a blog and was STRUGGLING to find the words I needed to express my point. I wanted to talk about a verse from Ecclesiastes, but all my words fell short of what I was trying to convey. As I was sitting, typing, and deleting, a thought popped into my…
Jonathan was the son of King Saul. He was also best friends with David, God’s chosen replacement for Saul’s throne. Saul, Jonathan, and David had each found the age of fifteen to be an important year in their lives. Saul was around fifteen when Jonathan was born. Jonathan was around fifteen when he defeated the…
We live in a world of sound bites. “X,” formally known as twitter, began to limit our number of characters to one good sound bite. Sermons now have three points that all have alliteration, and we have a phone that holds our phone numbers, (Truthfully, I have to look up my own children’s numbers). We…