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...
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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...
Watching is to be Prepared
What a season of reflection it has been! Thank you for joining me. It’s been a season infused with the Word—made richer for looking back...
Be Prepared with a Reply
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim...
Simeon, the servant who saw what God prepared
Have you ever longed . . . and hoped . . . and waited to see something? Do you also remember that sweet, sweeping sensation when you...
What’s to Fear
The virgin's name was Mary. And [Gabriel] came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly...
The Preparing of a People
You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. Now if you obey Me fully...
Where the Lord Provides
We are walking our way through God’s Grand Story, recalling those things He has prepared. And we’re still in Genesis. But such blessings...
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...
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...