We were in Laurel last week, visiting with the grandkids, Katherine and Levi, and their expendable parents. (If you’re a grandparent, I don’t need to explain. Katherine and Levi’s parents just tend to get in the way of our fun.) Katherine and Levi would rather eat at Waffle House than any other restaurant in the […]
Trusting God when He is silent.
I went through an awful season some years back. I needed some answers from God Himself — it was one of those “crisis of belief” times that Henry Blackaby so eloquently talked about in “Experiencing God.” This blog deals with that.
You should be ashamed of yourself.
In our modern world, the concept of shame often gets a bad rap. It’s seen as an outdated, negative emotion, something to be avoided at all costs. But have we, in our quest to be free of discomfort, lost sight of the transformative power of shame?
Dancing With God’s Purpose
Our battles are first won or lost in the secret places of our will, never in full view of the world. You’ll never have any idea what other people are really going through. Just know that other believers wrestle with God’s will, just like you.
You Become What You Think About – Think, Act, Blossom
Today, there is a single thought that captivates me: “You become what you think about.”
How to Have the Best Day of Your Life: A Heavenly Playbook With 10 Helps
Hello lovely humans! Want to know a secret? Every day can potentially be the best day of your life. Here are 10 ways to make that happen.
Divine Redos: Bouncing Back When You’ve Messed Up
So, when you’ve really done something monumentally dumb, how do you recover?
Forgiving God.
Forgiving God may seem like an unusual concept in Christian theology. After all, isn’t God, who is perfect and sinless, the one who forgives us?
Cultivating a Positive Mindset: Harnessing Biblical Wisdom for Hope and Resilience
Because of our daily trials, tribulations, and occasional uncertainties, positivity becomes a beacon, lighting our path towards hope, resilience, and personal growth.
Restoring Hope in Relationships: Journeying Through the Tough Terrain of Heartbreak and Reconciliation
Broken relationships are an unfortunate but real part of life. They can leave you feeling lost, shattered, and questioning your own self-worth.
The NIV Student Bible – new and darn good.
This Bible delivers the goods. It’s geared toward students, but the more I delved into it, the more I realized that restricting it to simply an audience of “students” does the rest of us a disservice. I’ll use this one in my own studies. It’s that helpful.
Faith. Where’s yours?
I’ll admit that I woke up this morning and took a look at one of my aggregate news sites before getting in any Jesus time. That little exercise might have just skewed my whole day. Instead of basking in the love of Jesus, I saw – as if I didn’t know – just how awful this temporal world is.