You Can Do Something
Maybe you’ve heard some of these before.
“This guy is whack!”
“Ignore him.”
“She’s never going to change.”
“If she won’t work, she shouldn’t eat.”
“You just can’t help people like that.”
But you can.
This morning I read this…
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Author: Mary Jo
Suspended
The other day I was mentally scanning the last several months and how there are so many uncertainties. We live day to day, we know God has a plan and even a prize around the corner, but we don’t always know if the next step is the right step, or if the…
Dads with Dented Fenders
I was at Kroger getting gas when a silver mini-van pulled up at the pump next to me. Before I saw the driver, I saw the dent. It looked like it had been hit pretty good, and then, to save some money, had been banged out to a useable shape. It was pro…
The Practice of Obedience
I knew he wanted to sit in the front seat and there were no cars waiting on us at the car line drop off, so I suggested he get out now and move up to the passenger seat beside me. Instead of obeying, he lingered, looking at the cars behind us, distrust…
What I’m Chasing in 2015
This hasn’t been our best year. Really. Financially, emotionally, relationally, a whole pile of “not our finest” moments. Yet… I’m convinced that years like 2014 are essential. They are the interruptions that make us better, they are not defining…
A Lamp Unto My Feet
With a dozen fresh cinnamon rolls in hand, we piled out of the car to deliver them to expecting friends. The lights on their house made it very clear how to get to their front door and the side walk stretched welcoming from the driveway where each of m…
Below the Surface
If you want purpose, you must leave behind the idea that any other person can give it to you. True, fulfilling, purpose only comes from the Creator. He alone knows the fullness of possibility within you.
The world would start the statement above t…
I Believe in Prayer
I believe in prayer.
I believe it can give you influence where you don’t have relationship.
I believe it can give you opportunities where you have not searched.
I believe it can give you favor where you have not invested.
I believe it ca…
Moving
“I can see the sun moving!” Owen caught the yellow glare of it in streaks climbing the porch rail surrounded by shadow. “It started here and has moved all the way up here already.”
“Wouldn’t it be neat if we had a camera that would capture it all d…
To Wet a Match
Like so many of you, I’ve been reeling from the horrifying ISIS stories coming through my news feed. I look at the photos and weep, because these are my brothers and sisters and they are no less worthy of protection, of freedom or of comfort than I am,…