Photo Credit: Leonardo Chamorro, via Free Images Last Friday, the hubs and I jumped in the car and headed out to see the fireworks with another couple. We found a cozy spot a while back that is away from the crowds. We get there early, plop down our lawn chairs, and chat as we…
Photo Credit I’ll never forget the moment it happened. After weeks of meeting with the same group of women for Bible study, one brave sister finally decided to be real. She peeled back the mask and let us see her pain. She told her story. I am sure she was frightened. Would we look at…
Photo Credit: Pixoman, via Pixabay Some days, I have more questions than answers. Today was one of those days. Someone who loved sacrificially and served faithfully has been cast aside. I tell you, ministry can be brutal. Days like this remind me of Job –a righteous man with a riches to rags story. …
Photo Credit: Ged Altmann, via Pixabay How do you end well? This is the question posed by Jean Fleming in her powerful book Pursue the Intentional Life. Over two decades, Jean prayed and planned and purposed to live her life looking toward the finish line and beyond to her sweet reward. Rather than fritter my…
There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this,…