I would have said “offered without comment” about this news report, but that does a disservice to this young lady and to the Lord….. I think her joke was funny and each of us, if we have a truly intimate relationship with the Lord, know that God has...
I saw that a friend had posted this on Feb. 4,2022; “My husband and I were talking on the phone yesterday as he was driving. We were talking about all the stress we were under with the many things life has thrown at us lately. It’s like when one thing goes...
Every time I envision God’s grip on me I think about Rev. Ron Ball talking about stooping over and clasping the entire hand and wrist of his toddler granddaughter as they walked together and how God spoke to him in that moment, calling Ron’s attention to...
When one says that “God told me to do …..” it would be prudent to spend some serious time in prayer and in the Word and ask oneself am I prepared to be used by God as a good example or even as a horrible warning, as God might choose or allow? As a vessel of...
Reflection on “Choices”………….. The book of Joshua is one I have spent a lot of time in. Joshua’s life, even as a young man in service to Moses, showed wise choices. “Choose for yourselves this day whom you will...
The matter of suffering and our desire to somehow avoid it in life has been very present lately as my awareness has been heightened by my own and others’ experiences…. One person told me she’d had a dream in which her abuser, no longer in her life,...
Short Notes on Prayer- Gleaned from a message by Craig Carter, LHUMC, 1/30/22 (based on book by Pete Grieg) Petition- asking for me. (An act of humility, dependence, and faith.) Matthew 7:7-9- 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it...
I have come to understand why Paul found a preference for ministering at the far edges of Christendom…. with an “ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that he would not be building on someone else’s foundation……”...
For the first time in a long time I was reminded this morning of my 25 years of involvement with The Walk to Emmaus as I participated in an online devotional conversation where the topic of individuals’ experience with that renewal movement came up. I pulled...
Posted by a friend today: “My husband and I were talking on the phone yesterday as he was driving. We were talking about all the stress we were under with the many things life has thrown at us lately. It’s like when one thing goes wrong, it becomes a domino...
