Faith Walking
Wordful Wednesday
It’s Okay to be Bad Week four of Experiencing Christ Within is all about sin. The bad news it that we’re all sinners. No one is good! Not one. When God looks down from heaven, He sees us all the same. Prostitute, deacon, drug dealer, preacher. We’re all sinners. Sure, there are people who do…
Did You Ever Have One of Those Divine Appointments?
I had one Thursday morning. Since I only had two hours to write before my daughter’s field trip, I decided to go to a coffee shop close to her school. It wasn’t my favorite coffee shop because the rooms weren’t conducive to quiet writing. Every room I entered had someone gabbing to a friend, loudly.…
Wordful Wednesday
Experiencing God in Parenting As I’ve been Experiencing Christ Within, I’ve also been challenged in my parenting. A while ago God led me from my restrictive, by-the-book parenting to a more Grace based parenting. It wasn’t an easy switch, and I still struggle with doling out consequences as my first reaction to parenting. But I’ve…
Is Lent a Dead Tradition?
I grew up observing the season of Lent, often giving up candy or chocolate. One year I remember giving up bread! The idea was to give up something I loved…for Jesus. Even after I left the church of my youth I carried on the tradition. For one thing, it was a way I could curb…
Wordful Wednesday
Obedience and God’s Glory Week three in my study of Experiencing Christ Within is all about how our obedience brings about God’s glory. When I think of obeying God, I think of striving to do what He wants so I can please Him and be blessed. But that’s not what this chapter is about. It’s…
Writing has become a CHORE!
I know this is Sunday, and I should be posting on faith, but I’m there’s a lot of stuff going on in my brain related to faith and doctrine and such and it’s all because of this. So, until I sort it all out, here’s another taste of what I’m dealing with… I’m 40 pages…
Wordful Wednesday: God’s First Priority
I’ve mentioned before how I’ve been going through the Experiencing Christ Within workbook by Dwight Edwards. I’ve done my fair share of Bible studies, but this one seems so fresh and new. I am learning so much and hope some of what I’m learning is rubbing off.In week two, I explored the idea that people…
Does God Fit in YOUR Box?
Today Joey (10) came home from school, and he wanted to talk to me about the difference between the TULIP and Free Grace view of God (They’re studying the Great Awakening.) I had no clue what he was talking about, but he explained in simple terms the TULIP version is God choosing man and the…
Wordful Wednesday
In an attempt to bet back into a consistent Bible study, I’m starting this weekly column Wordful Wednesday. I will be posting my summaries and reflections from Dwight Edwards Bible study Experiencing Christ Within. When I first started blogging I posted on this life changing study, but some where along the way dropped the book.…
Tarnished Silver
With the start of the new year, comes a new commitment to finish the series I started a long time ago. Experiencing Christ Within by Dwight Edwards is a wonderful and transforming Bible series I’m happy to get back to. I’ve posted the entire series to date on Portrait of Faith, my Bible study site.…