What Churches Can Learn From My Sunday Morning Visit With 3 Kids
As churches we can do a lot of talking about being “welcoming.” But we often confuse being polite with being welcoming.
As churches we can do a lot of talking about being “welcoming.” But we often confuse being polite with being welcoming.
Maybe it’s a morbid blog. Or… A hope-filled one! I sometimes ask people if they’d like some input into the songs used at their funeral. […]
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The weight of discouragement hangs heavy on my shoulders. I see the need for things to change and realize that change is not always possible. […]
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When I was about old enough to know nothing I remember asking my mom, “What’s mother’s day?” She told me. I replied (as all kids […]
Our world seems obsessed with its own demise. Hollywood movies, strange cults in the desert and the Left Behind series. Scientists in Chicago even made a ‘Doomsday […]
I spent the afternoon with my hands in the dirt. It was marvellous. I’m preparing my garden for growth. Getting the soil just right so […]
As I’ve told you, it looks like my time of regular supply is coming to an end and I was doing well with this information […]
Alexander Hamilton said that if you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. And over the past few weeks it’s been a tough world […]
My Keurig and I have an understanding. It will work for me provided I put a little effort in. I need to buy the coffee […]
My husband is amazing and discovered iTunes Match this week which lets me stream my entire collection of music anywhere I go. I’m not entirely […]
Ever feel like an outsider because you have had some doubts? In your faith? As if everyone else has seen Jesus personally and therefore exudes […]
Every night before bed my son and I read together. He dives under the covers and we read stories that take us to far away […]
It’s spring time. The chives have returned and life is springing forth into the world. I think because Easter was so early this year I […]
I’m not really talking about that decision to finish the box of donuts yourself or to buy those $300 sunglasses. Well, maybe! I’m thinking more […]