We are charged with caring for and protecting this special and wonderful place our Father brought to life. And yet we do not! We often think of our own needs and wants above others’. We consume so much we have massive landfills just to contain our discarded stuff. We use the earth like it’s ours to violate.
Read MoreSometimes we get confused about what we should set our sights upon. We get influenced by commercials or feel envy when someone’s “something new” looks really, really good. But we can only love one master, and I’ve made my choice. I choose Jesus.
Read MoreI don’t want my daughter doing everything I, her earthly parent, does. I make many mistakes, and I’m not always the best example. But we have a perfect role model in Jesus, for God’s son does his father’s will.
Read MoreGod had gifted me with a brain—a really great one, in fact! So why wasn’t I looking at God’s Word with the same sharp eye? Why wasn’t I using the brain He’d given me to explore and read for myself what was in there?
Read MoreI had the opportunity to serve as a confirmation mentor to nine eighth-grade girls that culminated this past weekend, and wow, was my own faith extraordinarily transformed!
Read MoreI used to think of the Holy Spirit as a docile whisperer, nudging me toward something God wanted me to do, see, or think. But in the Book of Acts, the Spirit isn’t exactly polite or gentle. It comes like a lion, fierce and bold and calling for immediate action!
Read MoreWhen we despise our bodies, or when we allow others to make us feel anything less than wonderful, we’re not just picking on ourselves. We’re picking at the glorious creation of our heavenly Father. My latest blog.
Read MoreThe Bible has so many examples of God using the difficult and even catastrophic for good, and then we realize—He was there all along.
Read MoreI didn’t really see why it was such a big deal if I said a bad word here or there or told a little fib to preserve the feelings of a sensitive friend. Yet here’s the thing: Sin is defined as when we offend God. It’s when we put something of the world before God, or when we take the easy, feel-good path instead of the right or honorable one.
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