How was your time in Philippians 2 last week? God had a rather… smelly lesson prepared for me. (For those of you with olfactory sensitivities, I apologize in advance.) Have you ever scrubbed poop out of a onesie? It’s not a pretty sight… or smell… or feel! In fact, it’s offensive to all five senses! (Nope, I didn’t taste it; but …
“You look nice,” my husband said, across the dinner table. I looked up, surprised. “Yeah?” “Yeah,” he replied, more slowly this time, contemplatively. “I like what you did to your hair.” I smiled, the color rushing to my cheeks, and looked back down at my grilled salmon and greens. I didn’t think he would notice. I’m a low-maintenance girl when …
My voice was drowned by the thunderous roar of thousands of people filling the Q-Arena with praise. They were on their feet, hands raised to the rafters, voices singing at the top of their lungs the lyrics of the song: “And I hear the voice of all the angels sing: ‘Worthy is the Lamb!’” In that moment, I was overwhelmed …
Yesterday I shared with you the beginning of my faith walk and my surprising struggle with sin when I had considered myself a good Christian. Here’s the rest of the story. I had been the arrogant older brother in the prodigal son parable (Luke 15:11-32) and the pharisee looking down on the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14). I was humbled that …
Although I grew up in church, I didn’t really grasp the audacity of grace in my life. Audacity (n.): bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints, the quality of being surprising or shocking I used to think I had a lousy testimony because I grew up in a Christian family and didn’t rebel against my parents or my faith. I …
