May 28, 2015 | Godly Living, Parenting
Ok, I know that’s a pretty tall order, and thankfully the Holy Spirit helps us to become more and more like Jesus… if we LET Him. So the other night as I was tucking my 10 year old into bed, we went through ‘the routine’. (Who knew that when I made up my...
Apr 29, 2014 | Hope and Encouragement
We have all sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and God has told us that the wages (cost) of this sin is death. Yet, God does not want us to die, He has great love for us. In fact, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. This is how...
Dec 24, 2013 | Godly Relationships, Holidays
The holidays are a glorious time when we get together with family and friends. However, the joy can also be accompanied by angst knowing you will be spending time—perhaps extended time—with the very person or people who most easily can ‘get under your...
Nov 4, 2013 | Godly Relationships
360_dvd_princess_bride_1113 One of our family’s favorite movies is the romance-comedy adventure Princess Bride, a tale of ‘true love’ between Wesley and Buttercup. Wesley, a poor farm boy woos the beautiful Buttercup by responding to her every request with, “As...
Oct 25, 2013 | Godly Living
While I was at Costco the other day I was struck by how many different nationalities and languages were represented just at this one Costco location.I admit that my first thought was that the America that I had grown up in my WASPISH hometown of Valparaiso, Indiana...
Oct 18, 2013 | Godly Living
Recognizing that the greatest challenge you will face after being wounded by someone is keeping yourself free from anger, bitterness, and resentment, I suggest that your first prayer should be for yourself. Our role is to be pure vessels through which the Holy...
Sep 9, 2013 | Christian Worldview
What can we do to earn God’s love? That never works when we try to transfer our human ways of earning love and rewards to the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than ours! Praise God! He loves because He loves. He does not love...
