Pray Without Ceasing
In 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Paul says we should “pray without ceasing.” Or in some versions of the Bible, “Pray continually.” In other words, all the time. Don’t stop. Ever. Does this seem impossible to...
View ArticleNever Hopeless
Lately, it seems like my life is one problem after another. In the past year we’ve dealt with extremely tight finances, problems with health insurance, a car accident that totaled one of our cars, and...
View ArticleCan We Avoid God?
Currently, I am participating in Jon Acuff’s 30 Days of Hustle campaign. I can’t even give you a link because he posts on his blog giving people 48 hours to sign on to the “adventure” and then deletes...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Soul of Music
Music has touched the souls of its listeners for as far back as anyone has been able to determine. It is at the center of so much that is meaningful and important to our lives. We choose songs...
View ArticleThought of the Day–The People Challenge
I want to ask you a question today. Do you have people around you who encourage you, even challenge you, to think about your faith in new ways? I think it’s very important to our relationship with God...
View ArticlePrepared to Give an Answer
Teaching Bible to 10 and 11 year olds is at the same time scary and amazing. It is the last full week of school, and we had pretty much reached the end of our Bible curriculum (and their attention...
View ArticleFaith That Permeates
I was reflecting today on the fact that my faith, my love for God and His for me, permeates everything in my life. There’s a popular church song for kids that goes like this: “Deep and wide, deep and...
View ArticleSmile, God Loves You
The adult women’s Sunday School class I teach is doing a session on prayer. And I tell you that it is a session on prayer rather than a study on prayer because we decided to just do a short devotion...
View ArticlePraying Together
What a week this has been! My daughter was at drama (day) camp, which she loves, and that gave me the first good chunk of time for writing that I have had since school ended 4 weeks ago. I am happy to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Going Organic
Right now you’re saying to yourself . . . what? I thought this blog was about getting closer to God and taking your faith to the next level, not about eating healthy! Before you start to worry that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Problem With Rules
A lot of people think that religion and faith are based on rules. If you do all the right things, you are living out your faith and following your religion, right? And when you mess up, then you have...
View Article
