Trust and thankfulness. Small words, difficult practices. Trust means placing confidence in the integrity, strength, ability or surety of a person or thing. Thankfulness means being grateful or appreciative. There is an object to both of these practices. We trust in something or someone and are thankful to something or someone. Scripture is full ofContinue reading “Life This Week”
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Life This Week
For many of us, this week includes at least a couple days off work and some additional family time, which means things can get a little rocky. It is so easy to let go of our time with God in favor of sleeping in, staying up late, and crashing after long days in the sun. Continue reading “Life This Week”
My Friends and Family Wouldn’t Get It
This is the second fear my friend identified as we talked about why the idea of becoming a follower of Jesus scared her: her friends and family wouldn’t get it and she’d be alone. The best response to the fear “my friends and family wouldn’t get it,” is: “Yes, that’s true. Most of them won’t. Continue reading “My Friends and Family Wouldn’t Get It”
Life This Week
I spent this last weekend on a mini-retreat with God. I have been working in my new position in ministry for several months now and it has been the most rewarding, powerful, grace-filled, exciting experience I’ve had. I don’t think I’ve talked to as many people collectively in my whole life as I have inContinue reading “Life This Week”
I’m Kind of Screwed Up and Don’t Think I Qualify to Be a Christian
Photo credit I could not come up with anything that describes the fallacy of the thought: “I’m kind of screwed up and don’t think I qualify to be a Christian” than the story below, by Philip Yancey: A young girl grows up on a cherry orchard just above Traverse City, Michigan. Her parents, a bitContinue reading “I’m Kind of Screwed Up and Don’t Think I Qualify to Be a Christian”
Life This Week
Today I watched a movie called “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World,” which is about the last 16 days before an asteroid hits the earth and destroys everything, but really it’s about love and forgiveness, and how we forget over and over and over and over what matters and what doesn’t. IContinue reading “Life This Week”
What Are You Afraid Of?
Not too long ago, a friend of mine told me over dinner that she was afraid I might try to convert her. When I asked her why she thought that, she explained that whenever we were together, I seemed at peace, told stories that sounded like miracles, and listened to her without judging. I askedContinue reading “What Are You Afraid Of?”
Life This Week
When summer begins and school is out, something happens: the routines and rhythms we have been operating under for months, sometimes without even noticing them, come to an end. Summer adds uncertainty and playfulness to the mix: it stays light later, it gets warm earlier, and suddenly, you remember people live in your neighborhood. MostContinue reading “Life This Week”
Can You Still Play Golf and Drink Scotch?
The third question a friend asked me when I told him I had become a Christian was, “Can you still play golf and drink scotch?” This one threw me. I hadn’t considered that. Could I? Did Jesus have something to say about golf? Scotch? But what my friend really meant was, “Can you still haveContinue reading “Can You Still Play Golf and Drink Scotch?”
Life This Week
This week I’ve decided to just do two things: 1. I am thanking God for saving me. I have been reflecting on my life today as compared to my life five years ago. I could never have imagined in a million years that today my life would be surrendered to God and that I couldContinue reading “Life This Week”
