Faith
Creation or Competition?
(c) Staci Stallings, 2005 This is a concept I’ve known intuitively for a long, long time. I grew up in a very competitive family that lived in a very competitive town that resided in a very competitive state, which was a part of a very competitive country, which was a small part of a very…
The Red Ribbon
© Staci Stallings Everyone wants a blue ribbon. Blue. First place. The best. Even kindergarteners want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race I was always last. In baseball I was as likely to get hit on the head as to drop the ball. In basketball I was…
Mid-Week Motivational Menu
Starting Your Day Out Right! Devotional Thought A couple of weeks ago, I addressed planning out your day, recalling that God is a God of order, as revealed through his detail of creation. However, this week, I wanted to highlight another seemingly contrasting characteristic of God. What about being spontaneous? I don’t know that the…
Both
Blessings. We talk about them, pray about them, give thanks for them, and sometimes we even feel very guilty about getting them. Although the Bible says God is “able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,” we worry and doubt about how serious…
Thinking outside the BoxShort Bible studies may be your answer.
As parents of small children we learn to adapt and cope with situations previously never imagined. Sleepless nights, prams you need a college degree to put up and down and daily routines around nap times become a way of life. Over time as our children grow up, different milestones are achieved and new challenges present…
It’s Not Up to You
(c) Staci Stallings, 2005 The ego in us tells us that we have to do it-whatever “it” happens to be. It may be working or finding work, or studying or practicing, or learning an instrument or learning anything. “It” could be a lot of things, but the biggest lie in this life is that “it”…
Life’s Little Interruptions
Almost nine months ago I signed up for a Bible Study with some home schooling friends. I really didn’t feel like committing to another night out of the home especially since my family was already over scheduled with activities, but my husband encouraged me to go, and I knew I needed something to help me…
C+ Moments
Okay, let’s get real. We’ve all had them. Those horrible, horrendous, completely awful moments in life when we did our best but when we get the report card back, it’s not the grade we hoped it would be. My daughter recently had such a moment. It had been an extraordinarily tough semester, and during the…
Two Questions That Change Everything
When you’re living with the Holy Spirit, there are many moments when things aren’t going the way you thought they would be. That’s hard. I know. Because when you put everything in His hands, things are supposed to work out the way you wanted them to, right? I understand. Really I do. What I challenge…
Giving Your Writing Journey to God
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I have been working toward being a novelist my whole life. It’s taken years of hard work and God to get to this place and it’s only been in the last few years that God has moved the waiting pieces together. When I was younger, I thought I wanted to write…