When she was four, funny, and anything but fragile, my youngest got her first hearing aid. It had been a long time coming, and let me tell you… we were all about as giddy as it gets. Funny how hearing makes you realize just how much you’ve been missing. I remember those early
If you’ve ever wondered if God can hear your prayers when you’re deep in the consequences of your sin, look no further than today’s verses. Make no mistake; Jonah had sinned and run away from God. He allowed hatred and fear toward a specific group of people to poison his
“So she set out and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelich.” – Ruth 2:3 If you came into this study expecting only a love story, you know by
You don’t have to earn God’s love. In fact, you can’t. I am a perfectionist, and I’ll admit that it took me an embarrassingly long time to fully embrace this aspect of my faith. I have an intense work ethic when I want to do something, and a competitive drive
I’m a mother of three girls. My oldest is 12, my middle daughter is 10 and my youngest is 6 and like any mother these days, I struggle with figuring out how much to tell my girls about the world in which they live. While I don’t want them to
Every Tuesday evening for 30 weeks, I spent 3 hours in a classroom discussing family life skills with a group of women and a trained marriage and family counselor. On one memorable evening, our teacher stood at the front and re-defined anger for me: “Anger is a false front –
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” – Revelation 1:8 Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last. Jesus is the beginning and the end. The length of His
If it weren’t for people… work would be great. If it weren’t for people… church would be effortless. If it weren’t for people… humble service would be easy. Sacrificial service is something many people admire but may not truly desire to practice. Our culture values self-service and self-interest. More and
We live in a time where the news and those on social media like to tell us we only care about our own. Forcing a narrative that we only care about those who look like us, speak like us and live where we live. However, we are seeing truth emerging
“Following Jesus is more than nodding a head, raising a hand, signing a card, or repeating a prayer – though someone coming to Christ can do any of those. Following Jesus is not returning to life as usual, the only difference being that we’re now going to Heaven. Following Jesus