One of the most amazing things about the Bible is that the authors didn’t fully comprehend what they were writing. As a shepherd boy, David wrote poems of praise to pass the time in the fields and journaled prayers on anguish and praise to God later in life. Paul wrote letters from a prison cell…
This is the third blog post I’ve written in the past twelve hours. I thought I had a great plan. The words had been flowing through my mind for the past couple of weeks, and I was going to write about social media influencers and our kids’ fascination with them. I even had some great…
Be hospitable to one another without complaining. Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God. (1 Peter 4:9–10 CSB) Do you think people tend to be self-centered? I do, and I think it about myself, not just others. Self-centeredness seems to…
Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. (1 Corinthians 13:12 NLT) Baby oil is the secret ingredient to homemade modeling…
I love a good pumpkin spice latte. But as soon as I take my first sip of one in early- to mid- September, my brain and body begin feeling as if they’re being forcibly dragged to the end of the calendar year—and with increasing urgency. By October 1, the holiday season is here for most…
Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as something done for the Lord and not for people. (Colossians 3:23 CSB) One day I sat bitterly contemplating our plans for the weekend. Every activity consisted of commitments that would please other people, but not anything I particularly wanted to do. Said commitments weren’t even doing…