Have you ever said to yourself, “I can’t wait until I’m in heaven, when I’m not so ______ anymore?” I certainly have. Some of the things I put in that blank are…
Category: discipleship
Who is Jesus? How you answer that question is very important.
I attended a Bible study last night while visiting our son’s church in the Denver area. We spent the evening trying to answer this one question: Who is Jesus? It’s humbling how…
Hey fall. It’s always a good time to recommit to good habits.
As the calendar flips to a new month, it’s a good time to turn over a new leaf, so to speak, and establish healthy routines. You’ve probably started a lot of these…
Ordinary things. The humility to marvel at everyday moments.
I took a photo on a recent walk. When I proudly showed it to one of my kids I said, “Isn’t Iowa beautiful?” The response? Eyeroll. “Mom–it’s thistles.” Kinda hurt my feelings….
Karma chameleon. The gospel means we never get what we deserve.
Can I be vulnerable and honest for a sec? Sometimes, I do something really foolish. It happens when life is going smoothly, and it happens when things become difficult. It occurs when…
God = for us.
God is for us. That can be a difficult truth for some of us to believe. Especially if you had a parent relationship that was overly harsh or critical. If you felt…
Rejection & friendship.
Rejection. What an awful word. The pain of rejection is deeply emotional and personal and yet also universal. But even though everyone can relate to the shame of being shunned, rejection can…
Finish well.
In my bible reading plan I’m encountering the up and down reigns of all the kings of Israel and Judah. It’s pretty discouraging history. The majority of these kings “did evil in…
But for the grace.
In 1555, a pious man named John Bradford was burned at the stake for the crime of being…a Protestant. Just before the flames were kindled, he encouraged his fellow martyr, a young…
Image is everything.
The year I graduated from high school a hot new tennis star stepped out of a white Lamborghini, into the desert sunshine and said, “Image is Everything.” It was a Canon EOS…