You’ve heard the phrase “actions speak louder than words”. As important as our life-giving words are to building our homes, words without actions are meaningless. (James 2:17) I’ll be honest here: I struggle with serving my family. I grew up in a rigid patriarchal structure where women were expected to serve men, regardless of whether they were related to use or …
Ever wish you could see God work in your life? You can. The problem is that we’re so used to seeing life as ordinary that we don’t recognize when extraordinary things happen. One of my favorite Old Testament stories is the story of Elisha and his frightened teenage servant. The Syrian army was coming up against Samaria, and the teen was …
The doctor pointed to the black and white picture, circling the point of his pen around the clogged artery. “This is where the blood isn’t flowing. It’s blocked, and if we don’t intervene there may be severe damage to the heart.” Stress does that, you know. It blocks life-giving blood to the place that pumps it out into the body. …
When the ground you stand on crumbles, you need to back up until you find sure footing, until the ground beneath your feet is solid rock. You need Words of Life to anchor you to what is certain, to bring you back from the swirling doubts and the “why-God” groanings. You need a vantage point to frame reality, and this is mine: …
“God is watching you,” she said, in a high-pitched slightly-creepy voice, wagging her finger in my face. I looked up, surprised, and in my six-year-old mind I pictured a white-bearded gruff giant with a temper, hands on hips, scowling because I had reached over to grab a piece of leftover communion bread out of the gold-rimmed serving platters. God Knows… …