Have you ever looked at older believers and assumed that because they know the Bible well, have served for many years, and have lived a godly life, they could pass any faith test? Or that you could? Have you ever looked at a young person in your faith community and made assumptions? They were…
Category: Inspiration
Thanksgiving Images
Happy Thanksgiving! I know you don’t have time to read, so here are a few of my favorite Fall images before we enter the Christmas season. Each verse reminds us of what we have to be thankful for that lasts our whole lifetime and beyond! From the Lutheran prayer book: “Oh, give thanks to…
Thankful and Happy
Have you ever gotten a gift and secretly wondered how you’d ever use it? You remembered to be polite and thanked the giver in spite of misgivings about the gift. That was our experience last Christmas. One day a rather large box arrived by Amazon delivery. We were mystified because we hadn’t ordered anything. We…
Yes!
I’ve lived long enough to notice outcomes. I’ve watched family members make seemingly small bad choices that morphed exponentially into heartache that hounded their steps for decades. That choice to skip church and slip away from church friends. That first bad friend. That first little dabbling into alcohol or drugs. That move away from…
Patient
Why are some tasks so hard to start? From the completely mundane like cleaning out the fridge to the eternally impactful like studying the Scriptures. What hinders us from diving in? Why is it so much easier to do other things instead? Here’s what one educator says, “The Wall of Awful gets created, brick by brick,…