Whole-heartedness is called for again and again in God’s Word. When I was ten I gave my little baby-heart to Jesus….all that I knew of myself to all that I knew of Him. I recognized the sinful nature of humankind, even my own, and the need for a Savior....
In one of J.D. Walt’s Lenten devotionals in his new book “This Is How We Know”, he shares a poem by Robert Frost: “Nothing Gold Can Stay”. Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to...
Today I taught the first lesson in a new series called “Christians Growing Christians: Practical Lessons in Christian Living and Discipleship” at one of Lynn Haven Church’s adult SS classes at 9:30. It is designed to equip Christians to engage in...
I was having one of those “as we drove along” conversations with Titus 2 ladies the other day. We’d had some difficult situations through the week and I took this captive-audience time to talk to them about guilt. As I shared with them, it is a...
“Compassionate detachment is the ability to be present with a person while remaining separate from the outcomes of their predicament.” Last night at Depression Impact Group (D.I.G.) we talked about dealing with emotions when a friendship ends….based...
Aren’t grands wonderful??? Just love seeing them grow and as grandparents we have so much more time and awareness of the joy in doing that than we did with our own children…..This morning I was driving my grandson to basketball practice and glancing at him...
