This is what the king has: Almost 600,000 brave fighting men equipped with shields, spears, and bows. (See 2 Chronicles 14:8-15 NIV for the whole story.) This is what he prays: Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us. We rely on you. In your name we have…
I am the woman who put Corelle Ware dishes on her bridal registry. Because I’m all about functional over beautiful. (This from a girl whose dad drilled holes and hung an old hand-operated wringer from the front of our house, so he could dry off his chamois after washing the car.) So there’s this cross…
My daughter’s college roommate made friends with some students from China, and one night they all went out to a Chinese restaurant together. Jayme and her roommate were given one menu. The Chinese students were given another menu, written in Chinese. The girls asked these students why they were given a different menu. Come to…
This is a picture of my dad, with a rubbing of his name I took from a site honoring those who served in the military from my hometown. My dad was in Vietnam when I was born, and I just enjoyed talking to him on the phone yesterday. My close friend’s dad served in Vietnam, but she never got…
Read this and consider that God is that kind of teacher.
A free gift for you today: Since it’s garden-planting time, I have posted a free Bible study on my website entitled Digging Up Dirt: Cultivating the Seed of Forgiveness. As you’re pulling weeds outside this week, consider how the weed of unforgiveness chokes the life out of us. I am THE worst at reflecting on past failures…
A few years ago I went to Matt’s 20th high school reunion with him. Would you like to know how excited I was to walk into a room full of a few hundred people whom he knew and I did not? I was really hoping for a stomach bug that would keep me home, but no…
Matt was tilling the garden, and I was mowing. I filled one of the huge outdoor trash sacks with grass and began trying to drag it across the yard to the driveway. Let me get that, said Matt. I kept dragging the sack, thinking, I’m a strong, capable woman. I’ve got this. I heard from…
I am going to be very brave today and speak openly to you about a weighty subject that has been on my heart for a long time now. Because of my role as pastor’s wife, I have been gifted with the stories of many women who have spoken to me in confidence. Over the years,…
My biggest, biggest fear before I got married was that Jesus would come back before our honeymoon. (Keepin’ it real on this blog, ladies.) But Jesus had not come back yet when I married Matthew on June 1st, and we left for our honeymoon in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The weather was cold and rainy, and our hotel room was…
What you need today and what you’re offered for tomorrow –reading this set me to humming a hymn.
We have a Saturday evening church service and wanted to refresh the décor on the stage, so we put together a design team. Our sanctuary seats 600, and the space is extremely large to work with. I heard my friend say that the large space needs to be filled with large design. Tom Matherson, writer for…
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