“If we were able to put aside our need for approval long enough to be authentic, then, surely, we would be living as the church.” (Sheila Walsh) This is a nice sentiment and has a Christian ring to it. i really appreciate Sheila Walsh and have great regard...
The point at which the Lord first spoke to me in a bold and unmistakably recognizable way was at a time when I was praising him and celebrating the beauty of his creation. I was singing praise songs along with the radio station in the car and watching the dawn of a...
I must confess something……….I sometimes have to bite my tongue. Yes, actually there are things I would want to say but don’t. Sometimes about my own brothers and sisters in Christ. For too many I suspect that “missions” is a trendy,...
June 9, 2017 From Seedbed.com J.D. Walt John 16:25-30 The Most Under-recognized Promise of Jesus Why do bad things happen to good people? Why do good things happen to good people? The first problem with the question is the false premise that we are actually...
I have journaled for nearly 30 years….Writing is a way of being present to life, to learn from it, and to cherish it. As Anne Lamott has said, “Every single thing that happened to you is yours and you get to tell it.” Twenty years ago as I...
In about 2000, I was in a women’s small group that had some conflicts arise. I wound up talking to one woman who was accused of an action that led to the conflict. I had no personal involvement in the matter and she did not perceive that she had done what...
Psalm 104:4 He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants. This morning the Titus 2 ladies and I went to help with the Community Breakfast at Trinity Center of First United Methodist Church. It was a wonderful morning! Lynn Haven UMC volunteers cooked...
5-14-17 How many of us, as we grew older and, hopefully, wiser, discovered that our mothers, and our fathers, maybe, just maybe, actually DID know more than we did? I was the only member of my birth family...
I was in a restaurant with a good-sized group of Christian women, each of us paying separately. We had a private room and one waiter. When people began leaving he got confused and accidentally gave my bill to someone else who had left earlier. When I got ready to...
