Musings

At the Table – Why Eating Together Matters

And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts. Acts 2:46 (ESV) His gnarled, arthritic hands…

Benched

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a…

Nina Lost Her “No” Button

Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. (Proverbs 17:6 NIV) I used to know how to say “no” quite well. When…

Jump. You Can Trust Him.

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain…

Labor On

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the…

Choosing the Unlikely

Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble…

Who Are You Imitating?

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to…

The Comfort of Consistency

“Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from…

Be Like Hezekiah – How To Handle Bad News Like a Champ

After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the LORD’s Temple and spread it out before the LORD. (2 Kings 19:14 NLT) How…

Lonely Places

But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. (Luke 5:16 NIV) Ever heard the quotation, “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get?” Been there, done that, a time…

Oh, Bella! (Lessons on Love for the Misbehaving)

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are…

Anger Makes Me Angry

My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the…