Raising kids. Keeping House. Choosing joy, every day.
I don’t care for trampolines. Truth be told, my kids have to ASK every time they go on one, because they know how much I hate them. I envision horrible neck injuries. But, when they came up with the kind with the safety net around …
I love observing older women and learning how to act from them (and how not to act!). I was recently chatting with another pastor’s wife and was thanking her for being such a good example to me. Her life is characterized by a walk that fears God: humility, kindness, goodness and a life free …
Yesterday, I said it. I told you I was tired of the misuse of the word grace. We looked at an example of a mother giving her children instruction before she went out. Her little pharisee responded one way and her little prodigal responded another. …
Do you ever tire of the word grace? I have to admit, I do. I tire of people telling me that we should give our kids grace, or that we are free to do as we please because we are all under grace. I hesitate …
I often wonder what God thinks about us, the modern American church, His professing followers. As modern Americans, we live in a time of relative ease compared to other times in world history. We enjoy political freedom, unprecedented wealth, access to vast amounts of knowledge, and priveledges that were unheard …
Do you want to be happy in world of stress, strife, anxiety and depression? Here’s how. Matthew chapter 5, the famous sermon on the mount, covers it -living a truly blessed and fulfilled life, that is. It may seem upside down to most. It doesn’t include fame, fortune, …
It’s hard to do the right thing. That is because my flesh is very much alive and well when, in fact, it should be dead. A dead thing does not move much, or rise up to proclaim its rights, or fight for itself. It is just …
Today I just want to encourage you to follow God in whatever way He is leading. This might mean; stepping out in faith to obey the Spirit’s prompting in service to Him that is outside of your comfort zone responding with a “Here am I, …
As we enter the month of November, my mind automatically turns to the Pilgrims. I live 20 minutes north of Plymouth, MA and am surrounded by their history. I admire many things about them. Their hard work, persistence, convictions and thankfulness with so little. But …