Growing closer to the One who sustains it all
God, I know I am being short with my kids. I know this isn’t how You want me to act. I want to read my Bible this morning, but I can’t focus. Help me.That about sums up my morning prayer the other day. I could feel my frustrations rising, and I knew it was for …
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“For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is to us, whenever we call on Him?” 1 Moses, the leader of the recently-enslaved nation of Israel, asked the Israelites this rhetorical question, a question that held an immense truth they needed to know as they …
I have a favorite coffee mug I use nearly every morning. It’s the perfect size for my favorite beverages, which is, of course, an essential quality for any mug. But I also love it for another reason: it’s a literary mug covered in quotes from Jane Austen’s classics. I get to sip my coffee out …
Dear family of six,Thank you for coming to church last week. I didn’t see you come in, but I saw you after the service. I was in the middle of a conversation, but I caught a glimpse of your older, teenage son as he played with his infant sister in her stroller. I saw the …
We have been spending the last couple weeks looking at the Christmas carol, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.” In the first week, we saw how the first verse of the carol commanded us to “join the triumph of the skies” by proclaiming Christ to everyone, near and far. In the second week, we saw how …
We all love a good birth announcement. Social media is filled with pictures of newborns, announcing names and genders and health, and these posts are immediately smothered in likes and loves and hugs. But there was one birth announcement that trumps all other birth announcements, one that we keep talking and singing about, and that …
It’s officially post-Thanksgiving, which means that whether yours is a family that listens to Christmas music year-round, turns it on after Halloween, or strictly adheres to the “No Christmas music until the day after Thanksgiving OR ELSE” rule, it’s likely that our houses are all, at this moment, filled with familiar Christmas tunes.But how many …
Think back to when you were a young kid. Did you ever have any nightmares? Do you remember how it felt to wake up in the middle of the night, filled with fear? Eyes shocked wide open, heart pounding, forehead damp. What did you do? If you were very young, you likely did one of …
A long time ago, there was a man who lived in the Middle East. People claimed, back then, that he could do miraculous things. He could make sick people better, they said. He could make blind people see, they said. He could even bring people back from the dead, they said. This man also taught. …
As a mom of three young kids, I have been struck recently by the value of creating rhythms and routines in our household. This is not anything new, especially to any veteran parent or grandparent out there. In fact, I’m sure it’s something people have told me at least a hundred times. But I’m apparently …
Soaking in the Son 