Category: Faith
Living in the BUBBLE
To ignite true change, you have to ignite something different, something fierce, something that makes you want to get up in the morning and be – different. Over the past few years I have been lighting these fires …
Easter Chance
The Easter eggs are all stuffed, sorted and bagged. Dinner is planned, a grocery list is prepared. Now it is time for me to sit back and pray for the days ahead. Easter is not an easy holiday …
Oh Mary…
I plan on spending a lot of quiet time this week. As I approach Easter and all it means, I prepare for the hustle of a hodge podge mix of family and friends to arrive on my doorstep …
On the Subject of Being a Less Crappy Christian
This morning as I lay in bed, my mind kept wandering to something Jen Hatmaker says in her book due out in August…She has an entire chapter dedicated to church people and how to treat one another. It …
It is the Sanctuary
When I was a kid, we had certain terms for the different places in the church building. And the place where the worship service, sermon and big events happened was always called the “Sanctuary”. For thirty three years …
What is Your “Thing”?
This morning I caught about 15 seconds of the news before I changed the channel. There was a person in her early 30s who wrote an article for a newspaper in New York about women and men and …
Friendship in Marriage
Friendship First: When I asked John what he thought the basis of our marriage was, he responded “We were friends first, and it grew from there.” In Genesis 2:18-24 Marriage is Gods idea. From the beginning of time, …
Spiritual Friendships
Spiritual friendships are not typically something girlfriends have conversations about- unless you are already spiritually connected to one of your closest pals. The most important relationship to have spiritually is with the Holy Spirit. The second is with …
Friendships with Non Christians
There are many Scriptures which refer to how to be a friend and Gods expectations for us in our friendships. Lucky for us there are also very clear instructions on what not to do. Most of these things …
Seasonal Friendships
Picking up where we left off last time, I would like to explore seasonal friendships. For everyone, seasons in our lives come and go sometimes without us even noticing what has happened. I remember leaving a job of …