I just had a recent meeting with two women who are both in the sweet, middle space of life (yes, in their 50’s) and it was so interesting how each of them independently during our time together shared of a constant battle with condemnation. Both are discovering a relationship with God…both pleasant, mature women…both suffering horribly under condemnation…both needing to put condemnation away…for good! Read Entire Post…
This title bears repeating and for me stirs up many conversations with my Lord, how about you? American Playwright and Novelist Thornton Niven Wilder (1897-1975) wrote a play called, “The Angel that Troubled the Waters,” which is loosely based on John 5:1-4, the story of the pool of Bethesda. The play tells of a physician who comes periodically to the pool of Bethesda, hoping to be the first in the water and be healed of his melancholy …when the angel appears and troubles the water. Read Entire Post…
A few months ago was a time of change in my life unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. Really, the last couple of months seem like a demolition exercise without the safety procedures. Like a termite infested shack whose rotting walls were standing in the way of building a cozy home, there were some things in my life which had to change. Read Entire Post…
For a long time I didn’t connect with others at church because of a fear of being real. I thought that if others knew what a terrible example of a Christian I was they would be appalled.
Be still and know that I am God. Psalm 46:10
When I find myself running around too much – busy with my own agenda – I am soon empty. It’s all drivel, except when the Lord is in it. Read Entire Post…
At our recent Calvary women’s retreat my friend Wendy told me about a teaching that our dear sister Teresa Rinker gave on the blood of Christ. The essence of what the Lord spoke to me through Wendy was the necessity of honoring the blood of Christ – that Jesus’ blood is still living and active and we must honor it by receiving His complete work of forgiveness and freedom from sin. Not only has Christ forgiven us and broken sin’s power over us, but He has freed us from the guilt and shame that sin brings. Read Entire Post…
Yesterday I drove home at dusk during that downpour of cold June rain, trying not to complain about the weather in my thoughts. I have learned that all complaining about weather is murmuring against God Himself. He does what He does after His own wise counsel, and I must be grateful for it all. Read Entire Post…
Last weekend our family gathered with long-time family friends at their Hat Island summer home. Leslie, the mom, read Psalm 13 for our Sunday worship gathering. She told us that it had been selected by her nine-year-old son, Michael.
“Psalm 13 is Michael’s favorite Psalm,” Leslie said. “Kind of ominous, isn’t it?” Read Entire Post…
Last week I traveled to Washington, D.C. with my husband, Dorr, and thirteen-year-old daughter, Rebekah. Rebekah and I tagged along on Dorr’s business trip, and so were able to spend a few days exploring the monuments, the museums, the magnificence of our nation’s capital.
Still, I like to get off the beaten path. And while walking the streets of the business district one bright, sunny morning, we spotted a big brick building, home to one of our nation’s first cathedrals. Somebody told us to go inside.
This modern world is full of busyness; we are definitely an over-stimulated generation. Cable television has well over 1000 stations for us to choose from, and the Internet has millions of websites. When we travel, we carry our cell phones and our laptop computers. No longer does a cell phone only make and receive calls, it also has an electronic organizer, games, a calculator, a clock, a calendar, and internet access — it can even take photos and make videos! Pretty soon our cell phones will wash the dishes and make our beds! Read Entire Post…