It’s Valentine’s Day and it’s time to settle in with your new box of chocolate, lots of cushy comfiness, and your favorite romantic movie (or at least someone else’s favorite that you are being forced to watch). After two hours of not-so-suspenseful buildup, the handsome hero bursts onto the screen and flashes a smile at … [See more…]
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A woman in our church just wrote a book about her life as a missionary in Papua New Guinea. We just had a lovely dedication service, and right now on our table sits a brand, spankin’ new, signed copy, waiting to be read. I haven’t actually opened it yet, but I adore the title: God … [See more…]
I was feeling lousy. Really, really lousy. Lousy enough to use the word lousy, which I never do. Lousy. Why? Well, because of a sin. A bad sin. A recurring sin. Sometimes I am able to kind of write off my sins with a, “Whoops, I messed up, but it’s not a super big deal. … [See more…]
There is a lot of buzz on the internet right now about modesty. I’m not exactly sure how this buzz got started, and I’m really not sure that it’s a good thing that it did. Christian guys and girls are both diving into this argument heart-first, and I’m not sure I like what they are … [See more…]
My husband, Benjamin, and I have probably the strangest character trait in common… In most ways, the two of us are actually as different as night and day, especially in our thought processes. Then there are actually the few, not-at-all-surprising, everyone-and-their-dog-does-that traits that we share. But on top of those, there’s the one that would … [See more…]
What does it take to be a Christian? Sadly, lots of people, even some in church, don’t know the real answer to that question. Do you? There really, tragically are those who profess to be Christians and are no more saved than the nearest can of paint. That breaks my heart! It makes me want … [See more…]
An inch of time cannot be bought with an inch of gold. – Chinese Proverb Well, here we are in a brand new year. It’s fresh and pristine, undefined and misty, only 8 days old. What are we going to do with it? Resolutions are a common way to figure that out, and boy, do … [See more…]
What do you think you would have felt like if you had seen the shepherds that first day-after-Christmas morning, ranting and raving about angels and babies and miraculous happenings? You might have felt some awe, maybe some curiosity, maybe even a little bit of doubt at their story (ok, more realistically, a lot of doubt … [See more…]
Other than the whole miraculous conception, angel-announced-pregnancy thing, those middle sections of the Christmas story were just like any other woman’s pregnancy. Although she had to be in utter awe of the fact that the baby kicking around inside her was God Himself, Mary still did carry Him for 9 months. Like other babies, Jesus … [See more…]