SUE HARRIS|GUEST Not too long ago, I was at the beach and watched a young lifeguard pull a man out of the raging ocean. He saved his life. There’s no other way to say it. The drowning man didn’t look needy at first; he just looked like he was having a hard time getting back… Read More
KAREN HODGE|CONTRIBUTOR “What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness?”- Martin Luther Our lives are filled with the mundane. Tasks, relationships, and choices that fill an ordinary day. But each mundane moment or task is pregnant for the potential of His glory. They hold within them the promise of His kingdom coming…in the… Read More
SUSAN HUNT|CONTRIBUTOR “A foundational understanding of covenant theology colors everything about the way we love and worship God and live with each other. This is a book you will want to read and re-read, and share with anyone (man or woman) who wants to understand more deeply what it truly means that God took us… Read More
RENEE MATHIS|CONTRIBUTOR Have you ever heard the term “sandwich generation”? This is the stage of life where we are in between the joys, delights, and stresses of launching our grown children and the joys, delights, and stresses of loving our own parents. My friend Nancy says that we are all so busy; we’re more like… Read More
BARBARANNE KELLY|GUEST Editor’s Note: This is a follow up post to the author’s previous post on why we should memorize Scripture. To read that post, click here. How’s your Scripture memorization going? Have you ever memorized more than one verse at a time? How about an entire chapter? A whole book? While the idea of… Read More
SUSAN SHEPHERD|CONTRIBUTOR “I love my computer because my friends live in it.” That meme popped up on my Facebook feed recently with tongue-in-cheek humor, revealing a trend that is a sad diagnostic of our generation. Even the fact that it was posted, liked and shared on Facebook is ironic…and telling. Friendship. Even a casual study… Read More
ELLEN DYKAS|CONTRIBUTOR Really?! Seriously?! It’s popular to respond to disappointment with these words, spoken with a mock shock that communicates disapproval and sometimes, how dare you! Disappointment does often lead to hurt feelings, frustrations, and stress. Whether it’s a relationship struggle, missed opportunity, thwarted desire, or unmet expectations, disappointments are tough. Yet God uses these… Read More
PATSY KUIPERS|GUEST Probably not the heading you’d expect for a reflection on two decades of widowhood… at least not until you complete the title of the cherished hymn, ’Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus and recall its first verse: “’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, Just to take Him at His word, Just… Read More
RACHEL CRADDOCK|GUEST I dance with worry and anxiety too often. Sometimes I let anxiety lead the rhythm of my step. I find my feet walking to it’s beat. Just like you when a child naps in the afternoon who usually does not I may begin to worry that he may be ill. I am walking… Read More
KATIE POLSKI|GUEST My father passed away fourteen years ago. I loved him so and still miss him greatly, so Father’s Day still brings to the surface tender emotions, as it does with many. I love to tell my kids funny stories about their grandfather, but this year, I’ve reflected more on some of the gifts… Read More