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: 2/20/22 CBB “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...
A young discipleship student with a lot of prior history of trauma and PTSD calls me frequently to discuss her dreams and seek help in gleaning the meaning that lies in them. Her dreams were, when we first met, nightmares of snarling, foreboding demons and feelings of...
When we give our woundedness over to God willingly and completely, it is transformed into a beautiful sacrifice that He receives with tender compassion, converts to refining brokenness and poverty of spirit that He loves and redeems and uses to enfold us into the...
Feelings Wheel link (at bottom of document) and emotional literacy materials from Titus 2 women’s ministry residential program Emotional Literacy- Knowing and Managing Our Emotions (Sept. 2017) Jesus sets an example for us of healthy emotional...
A prayer partner friend and I find that God often has us on parallel tracks….. What He is speaking to her through her activities and contacts, He is also speaking to me through mine… This is part of a devotional she shared yesterday. I had been reflecting...
