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As we ushered in 2019, I chose the word “Truth” as my word of the year here on the blog. Truth defined is that which is in accordance with fact or reality; it’s sincerity in action, character, and utterance. I shared in January, that not …
Several years ago, I was struggling with one of those mother of teenager issues that seemed to leave me deflated and drained. Nothing earth shattering, but frustrating and completely unexpected. I mentioned my struggle to a group of friends, and we agreed that there wasn’t …
Ps. 136:26 “Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.” What would your life look like if you lived fully in the love of God? How would God’s love change your life, your work, and your friendships? When we know …
I’ve always had great admiration for Elisabeth Elliot. To this day, I’m drawn to her writings, her faith, her no-nonsense approach to life. I was only vaguely familiar with her husband Jim, the missionary to the Quichua Indians who was martyred by the Auca Indians …
Word, words, words. They can be oh so lovely, or devastatingly unrecoverable. We communicate with what we say and don’t say; write and don’t write. We can communicate disdain with a sideglance. Our kids know our “don’t you dare” mom-glare. We can communicate absolute adoration …
When you think about hospitality, don’t think entertaining. Don’t think about impressing or killing yourself making a five course meal. Think hospital. Think healing. Think soul care. Every day we cross paths with people who simply need kindness. And yet, kindness is so very …
We’re covering the topic of hospitality and so far we’ve covered the pre-hospitality heart check, what hospitality is and isn’t, Biblical examples of extending hospitality when personal circumstances are less than perfect (poverty, infertility, tough marriage, sickness). Today I want to share a readiness checklist for overnight …
Today I thought it would be helpful to look at several people in Scripture who practiced hospitality in the middle of different and difficult life circumstances. It’s easy to think that hospitality is only for those who have it all together, are financially stable, …
What is hospitality? Is it cooking three course meals and impressing guests with your beautiful tablescapes? Is it being a whizz in the kitchen like Betty Crocker? Or being the hostess with the mostess like June Cleaver? Can we all just breathe a big collective …
Thought I’d share this teen girls activity for any of you who work with teens. I’ve done a variation of this lesson over the last 20+ years with our teen girls,(including this variation/Valentines lesson )and wanted to share the idea to lighten your load if …