Those of you who follow my blog and subscribe to my newsletter know I never debate politics and seldom comment on world events. It’s not because I don’t care or don’t have opinions. It’s because my passion is to stir your hearts to open God’s Word and let His Holy Spirit instruct you personally. Then you experience Him as your …
Lessons on Discrimination from Nehemiah
As I’ve mentioned before, my personal quiet time this year is a Bible Read Thru with a group of folks on the YouVersion Bible App. We were reading through Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther as the racial tension escalated over the past weeks and months, and I wrote an article for this newsletter. Just yesterday, however, I felt the Lord added …
2 Good Reasons for Bad Things
It might interest you to know that I actually wrote this post BEFORE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. I wrote it after discovering that a good friend from our seminary days was given three months to live with chemo and six months without. Only days later, another dear friend’s husband met Jesus after battling years of health issues. I hate sickness and …
3 Reasons Judah’s Exile to Babylon Matters to YOU
Some of you may know my personal testimony of becoming a Christ follower. If you haven’t read it, here’s a quick synopsis. I’m a spiritual mutt. Dad was Quaker. Mom’s charismatic. Grandparents were ordained ministers in the Pilgrim Holiness, then Nazarene, and then Wesleyan denominations. Scripture was used as ammunition in their holy wars at dinner, and by the time I was …
God’s Big Plan
When was the last time you witnessed a child having a full-blown meltdown in public; complete with head-pounding, ear-piercing, chest rattling shrieking, kicking, and crying their demands? I used to judge. I used to think that mother or father a terrible parent. Until I had children—and now grandchildren. Can I just say, Thank the Lord for Facebook and Instagram! These completely unrealistic snapshots of our lives at least balance …
3 Passover Truths to Enhance Your Easter
Our girls have been blessed with amazing grandparents. They’ve had grandmas and grandpas that did all the cool things their dad and I sometimes lacked the energy to pull off. I never decorated Easter eggs until we had grandkids of our own. Never needed to because—you guessed it—the grandparents took care of Easter egg hunts, Christmas stockings, and even birthday cakes. What did …
