We are studying the book The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears by Mark Batterson. This is, as the titles indicates, a book about prayer. There are many different ways to pray: a certain dedicated time, praying through songs, praying Bible verses, and praying throughout the day….
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This is the season of Lent. It is a time some people give up something in order to take that time, or their thoughts, to spend with God and think about Him. I have chosen this time to re-evaluate what we have in the house that needs to go. No,…
There have been way too many times I have thought, “Oh, that will be fine to wait until tomorrow, I can do it later.” Or, “I might have something to say, but they don’t need to hear one more compliment.” I have some sobering news for you: death is right around…
The other day I was driving when I saw a ton of birds in the sky as they were migrating south for the winter. This site of birds was not your typical one or two birds flying in the sky. Seriously, the amount of birds I saw was about a…
Last week we talked about prayer and how it is important to the follower of Christ. Both the church and the world have expectations of what a Christian, or follower of Christ should be, do, and look like. We knew it was not earth shattering that the Christian thing to…
Last week we talked about expectations of Christians that both the church and those outside of the church have. We then talked about changing our perspective and focus on being a dedicated follower of Christ. How are we to do this in an ever-changing world and society? Let’s look beyond…
Ever wish being a Christian was easy? The world expects certain things about Christians and the church world expects things out of Christians. What makes it so difficult for most is that the expectations are different for every single person out there of what exactly it means to be a…
I thought I’d end the year with an article I wrote for our church’s Advent Devotional. Have a wonderful New Year. What do you do when life gets hard? Do you withdraw and seek refuge in silence, or do you communicate with as many people as possible and walk through…
I was reading today about King Solomon making an agreement with King Hiram of Tyre for logs to use for the building of the Temple. Israel had an abundance of food and King Hiram had an abundance of wood, known as cedars of Lebanon, so they made a trading agreement that…
We just finished up our second online Bible study this week. Thanks to the ladies who were able to participate in the study over the Being Transparent book. It was a wonderful growing time and experience with you and it’s hard to believe seven weeks went by that quickly. Most of…