Let pleasing God become bigger than pleasing people. Wait. What? How was it that, mere days after my fortieth birthday, I could be knocked upside the head by one sentence, convicted of something I’d been doing my entire life? But there it was. Staring back at me on my computer screen. It was random. Just…
For the summer the devotional team members at The Glorious Table are taking a much-deserved break from the regularly scheduled Milk & Honey devotions on Saturdays. This season is one of extraordinary busyness, beautiful weather, wild family vacations, and, in general, everything simply being different than the rest of the year. So instead of the usual post to read…
This summer our family took on a new title: baseball family. My oldest son is playing in a Coach Pitch league, and baseball has become a big part of our week. Each Tuesday I load up all the kids with their equipment, fidget spinners, and Pokémon cards, and head to practice. My younger kids and…
For the summer the devotional team members at The Glorious Table are taking a much-deserved break from the regularly scheduled Milk & Honey devotions on Saturdays. This season is one of extraordinary busyness, beautiful weather, wild family vacations, and, in general, everything simply being different than the rest of the year. So instead of the usual post to read…
As I turned on the Spotify playlist, my eleven-year-old daughter rolled her eyes. “I had that song in my head all day yesterday!” I smiled. That’s exactly the point, I thought. She may not realize it, but I carefully choose each song in our morning playlist. I intend their messages to get into her head…
I saw these pearls in a dumpster last winter and the image struck me. I immediately thought of Matthew 7:6: “Don’t give what is holy to dogs or toss your pearls before pigs, or they will trample them with their feet, turn, and tear you to pieces” (HCSB). I realized that so often, we throw…