One meme on Facebook offered this: “Jesus sat down and ate with sinners, did he not? That doesn’t mean he supported what they did. But it also didn’t keep him from loving them.” I have been pondering the nature of godly love and what...
Why we include emotional literacy, values education, sharing our lives as well as our testimony, and the importance of interdependent living at Titus 2: The Most Private is Often What Resonates the Strongest The pyschologist Carl Rogers, a person who would know...
Annual Report and Disclosure for 2019: Titus 2’s ministry is a state-incorporated, 501c3 authorized small, 5 bed intensive discipleship ministry for women with life-limiting dysfunctions including substance abuse, mental health challenges, unresolved grief and...
Years ago the Lord put a tune in my heart and taught me to sing Psalm 23 to the tune. Later I discovered that the tune is the Welsh Blessing and it is in one of the older UMC hymnals with the hymn lyrics “Sent Forth By God’s Blessing.” The Lord put that tune in my...
I had not ever heard this tune before the Lord set my heart to singing it in 2002, then dropped the words of Psalm 37:3-5 into it: I grew up singing Psalm arrangements in choir, many of which are no longer readily available, as I have tried to find some of them to...
God spoke all creation into being. I was reading a discussion thread about journaling. Many people journal their thoughts about their study of the Bible or about their observations of God at work in the world. In the discussion group individuals were advised to “know...
Accountability- the quality or state of being accountable; especially : an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one’s actions. Integrity- the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness; the state...
From 2/2/19 In about 2000 I was teaching an adult Sunday School Class. We did a series on spiritual gifts and took a spiritual gifts inventory. My primary gifts were faith and teaching. I was not particularly comfortable with the gift of teaching. I had no...
Evening meditation: The Lord has had me for several days reflecting on the dual nature of one’s relationship with Him….captivated by His steadfast love AND enjoying intimate fellowship through living in righteousness. And the reality that we can know that...
Worship for New Beginnings: Liturgy of Letting Go Today we honor the changes that we’ve made over this last year and the growth that comes from change. We’re saying goodbye to our old ways and saying hello to what we trust will be the beginning of a future with even...
