faith

Where the Lord Provides

Play to listen Background music attribution: The O’Neill Brothers Group, The Holly & The Ivy from Joyous Christmas Carols on Piano We are...

Being Prepared by Promise’s Divine

There is a confidence that comes from knowing God is for you. Really and truly FOR you. That confidence helps you feel prepared for anythin

Be Prepared with a Reply

Play to listen How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who...

Zoe—Past, Present, and Future

How are the tenses of this abundant life we live in Christ to be viewed? (And I’m not referring to stress!) There are those who say,...

Tick, Tock . . . Groan

The tick of the clock groans, as the old year runs out of time. I echo its groaning. As does all of creation—as it awaits its deliverance...

Deconstruction of a Different Kind

I am in the process of dismantling my house. I say “house” because it no longer resembles the home I assembled those many years ago. It’s...

Remembering His Assuring Words

Forty days counted out past Resurrection Sunday is a day marked for remembrance. Remembrance of the day, ages ago, when the Son of God...

What worship and thanksgiving have to do with motherhood—encouragement for the single mom

I have recently been digging through decades of family memorabilia and came across several of my old journals. And since I wasn’t in any...

They Remembered

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the...

Remembering the Call

The voice sailed through the thick sea air, Its sound waves rippled across the watery surface, Waking fishermen's ears; It was a call of...

Remembering Rahab

Art used by permission from Christian Dare Art By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those...

What to Remember and What Not to Forget—Lessons from Egypt, Part I

Therefore, say to the Israelites: “I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from...

Remembering What’s Greater

Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. As he was about...

The Great Flood Remembered

I find that practicing what I’m calling a spiritual discipline of remembrance-through-scripture actively lives out Paul’s admonition to...

An Easter to Remember (And Living Beyond a Pandemic When You’re Living in a Pandemic)

March 2020—early in the shutdown, much was unknown and uncertain. Here in Georgia at the time, many people thought the shutdown would...

How Not To Waste A Bad Thing

I hear their voices still ringing in my ears: “Don’t waste it.” That it can represent anything good; like, food, money, health . . ....

Learning to Walk

I remember what it was like trying to teach my children how to walk. I’d ease them up onto wobbly legs—gently holding and guiding them...

When things set to spinning and all you want to do is jump

I learned to drive in Michigan—which means I learned how to drive in the snow. I also learned what it means to lose control of the car on...

When Being Stuck Doesn’t Seem So Temporary

Everybody I know feels stuck. Life seems to be on hold. We can’t move forward. And we can’t go back. We tarry here in the in-between....

What if we dropped the keys?

I’ve been doing a lot more walking these days. I think that’s the case for many of us. It’s one of the few places we can go. I headed out...