Last week we began our journey through Advent. Our prayer centered around how in a culture and season cluttered with distractions and busyness, we are desperately in need of something more sacred than all of our hurrying. Today, as we ...
The Season of Advent Begins Today! For centuries, Christians made space in their crowded hearts at Christmas through participating in a daily devotion called Advent. The word Advent means “coming.” The season of Advent refers to the four-week period leading ...
Yesterday I chatted with a lady new to our church. She commented that when she was on the leadership team at her previous church, it was difficult to continually “stay strong,” to always “have it all together,” and to always ...
A man recently went into a bookstore and asked the manager what most popular books are these days. The most popular he said were books about how to get rich in the new information economy. No big surprise. The second ...
Last week we began our journey through Advent. Our prayer centered around how in a culture and season cluttered with distractions and busyness, we are desperately in need of something more sacred than all of our hurrying. Today, as we begin Week 2 we focus on Mary’s embrace and even delight in God’s, often disruptive, ...
The Season of Advent Begins Today! For centuries, Christians made space in their crowded hearts at Christmas through participating in a daily devotion called Advent. The word Advent means “coming.” The season of Advent refers to the four-week period leading up to Christmas Day. Jesus’ coming was not just a one-time event as a child ...
Advent begins Sunday, December 2nd! If you are you looking for an Advent resource this Christmas season, ebook “Advent Reflections: Let the Weary World Rejoice!” offers a 4-week, daily short, insightful daily devotional, Scripture reading, and two reflective questions. Advent Reflections is perfect for individuals, families, or churches as an affordable resource to help you slow ...
We continue the conversation from yesterday about the importance of the soul. It’s not a matter of indulgence. It’s a matter of sanity. Finding Sanctuary for the Soul. There is within each of us a need for sanctuary; a place of refuge when a weary soul needs rest. There is a need to find a place ...
There is a part of you that no one sees; not even you. But it is real and it matters. I was raised in a non-religious home with no underpinnings of the things or reality of God. Somewhere, however, as a child I learned the childhood prayer, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I ...
Are you looking for a new growing-in-Jesus, not-another-Bible-Study resource this fall for you and/or a group to use? One that is online so you can interact with friends and others anywhere? Maybe you are looking for a resource that offers more than information about God but a way of living with God that can be ...
“I just wish God would show me what to do!” God’s will has been the focus of much prayer, angst, hope, and confusion. Our prayers for God’s will often centers around the need for God to fill in the blanks of our lives. “Who should I marry?” Which school should I attend?” Should I take ...
