Faith
The High Call
I just discovered a great place on the web! TheHighCalling.org an a couple of our members are involved in this wonderful minsitry. Article by Camy Tang: Even Pitbulls Make Mistakes Their mission “is to be a resource for people seeking to understand and live out the eternal significance (the high calling) of their daily activities.”…
The Challenge
The Easter holiday has passed. If you’re like me, you may find this holiday doesn’t hold the meaning you feel it should. So often is the case for many holidays and events in the unequally yoked marriage. I recall a time when my youngest daughter was five years old. I’d picked her up from her…
Like Carrie
Carrie is a good person. I want that stated first lest you think I am somehow running her down. Carrie has a prayer life that in part consists of getting up early in the morning and spending time with God. She reads. She prays. She meditates. One morning at a prayer group she shared her…
He Is Risen
Isaiah 53: 1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty…
Meet & Greet
If you have time between the Easter preparations and traveling to visit family, make sure you visit some of our new and old members. This week I have a three part post on our traditional Christian Easter Seder (which we held last night and which gets better every year!) and lots of fun activities for…
Smoke
I always thought Ecclesiastes was like Proverbs. That’s probably because of the “to every time there is a season. . .” passage. So when a friend of mine read Ecclesiastes from “The Message,” I wasn’t prepared for her reaction. Her first comment was, “It made no sense.” I tried to get her to explain that.…
Tough Love
I’ve tried it all from authoritative discipline to non-punitive parenting, and I can say for certainty. Nothing works! At least with my kids. The back talk and arguing from my little WIPs have pushed me over the edge many more times than I care to count. The other morning we were having a discussion about…
You’re Not Alone
Scenario #1: You’re reading a faith-based book with the words God and faith in the title. When you put the book down, you’re careful to lay it face down so the title’s not obvious. Or better yet, you stuff it in the drawer you know your spouse never goes into. Scenario #2: Your Bible, it…
Abusing Grace
Handing out grace is tricky business. When I use it in my parenting I run the risk of my children taking my grace and running, without a changed heart. But do I stop offering grace? No. Because true grace will transform a person’s heart. It’s the same with God and sinners. You know the kind.…
A New Spring Thing
Since I’ve had kids, I’ve been trying to make Easter more about Christ’s resurrection than the Easter Bunny. But in today’s materialistic society where retailers want to make money, it hasn’t been easy. Though we’ve technically never told our children the Easter Bunny, baskets of goodies were waiting for them after church, eggs were hidden…