Perhaps you’ve heard of the word of the year idea where people choose a word going into the New Year. It could be something like ‘patience’ or ‘friendship’ or ‘grace’. Whatever word you choose, the idea is to go into the year paying attention to that idea. Noticing where it pops up or where it […]
Imagination in the Christian Life
God meets me sometimes in my imagination, stands at the doorway of all of my memories and invites me to walk with him there. Emily P. Freeman, Simply Tuesday Have you ever considered the presence of God inside your own imagination? Ever imagined Him being your guide as you take a stroll down memory lane […]
Necessity Leads to Opportunity: How to Make the Most of Difficult Circumstances
My cell phone’s camera recently stopped focusing. As someone who stops every 5 minutes to snap a shot of something I think is photo-worthy, this has been quite frustrating for me. With great frequency I find myself stopping to pull out my phone only to remember that the picture will turn out blurry no matter […]
An Atypical August
As August begins I find the world around me bracing for the transition of summer into the back-to-school frenzy. For many summer is their time off or at least the time of longer days and a couple weeks of vacation. For me summer was unusually busy. I went from teaching online in the mornings to […]
Life Lessons from a Cactus 🌵
This past week I have been studying rocks and soil with one of my online students from China. We learned about topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock. And spent some time talking about why topsoil is so important for plants to grow. Did you know that the uppermost layer of the topsoil is called ‘humus’ and it […]
Can I Really Learn to Love God’s Law?
I never really considered myself a rebel. My first and only trip to the principal’s office was in my pre-school days; caught red-handed running through the pitch black sanctuary to watch my light up shoes shine bright into the darkness. That one trip to see the pre-school director was enough to keep me in line […]
Psalm 16
Confidence in the Lord A Davidic Miktam. 1 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You. 2 I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You.” 3 As for the holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them. 4 The sorrows of those who take […]
His Burden is Light
”For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matthew 11:30 You know how sometimes the most simple of truths can become the most hard learned lesson in life? I often feel that I rarely learn anything new but rather continue relearning the same simple truths over and over again. Each time something is […]
Why I’m Celebrating Holy Week This Year
Growing up in a Southern Baptist Church in America one doesn’t follow a lot of the orthodox traditions. Easter for me has always consisted of Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Of course I learned about Palm Sunday too, but the week leading to Resurrection Sunday is just your average week for most American Baptists. In […]
Book Review: In His Image
I have been slowly working my way through Jen Wilkin’s book In His Image over the last few months. If you haven’t heard of Jen you can check out her website (https://www.jenwilkin.net/) to read a little more about her and check out her books! She also has some Bible studies available for order. I love […]