My first Bible was a purple Precious Moments Bible. I loved it and I loved that my name was written on the inside. I grew up listening to Psalty sing praise songs and Adventures in Odyssey play on the radio on Saturday mornings. But I was an adult before I learned the true story of…
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Of Wedding Rings and Baptistries
Therefore go and make disciplies of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 Tentative feet touch the water, he looks up for approval. The sea of eyes fixed on him and his descent to crystal blue water causes him to turn…
Much ado about mums
So what is the difference between someone who willfully indulges in sexual pleasures while ignoring the Bible on moral purity and someone who willfully indulges in the selfish pursuit of more and more material possessions while ignoring the Bible on caring for the poor? The difference is that one involves a social taboo in the…
Rest is holy
Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 Sometimes in the every day we forget to rest. Pause. Reflect. In the every day of pursuing passion, managing the mundane and finding the places in between, time passes by and it is time for the every day…
Making Disciples
But according to Jesus, people are God’s method for winning the world to Himself (Radical, pg 90) Making disciples is not an easy process. It is trying. It is messy. It is slow, tedious, even painful at times. It is all these things because it is relational. (Radical, pg 93) Relationships are not easy. We…
Counting Thanks
Covers over her head, I can hear the sounds of tears. I can feel her tears in my heart. Eighteen years worth of hurt, disappointment, frustration and pain need to find a way out. I crawl into bed beside her, waiting for her body to relax. Minutes pass. She turns and puts head on my shoulder…
Power in Weakness
**taking a break from Teen/Tween Thursday to get my Radical post up and just share my heart today** ***this post may ramble. I have been trying to process my thoughts and they are just not coming in an articulate fashion, no matter how hard I try*** I have always prided myself in being a self…
The day I didn’t die
Two years ago today I did not die. Two years ago today my husband dialed 911 after I lost consciousness. Two years ago I arrived via ambulance to the emergency room “in a fairly severe amount of physical distress and unresponsive…showing cyanosis peripherally as well as centrally. Cool to touch and diaphoretic. Difficulty getting a…
Lessons from a tree
I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. ~ John 15:5 What do You want me to see? This is the question I asked God over the weekend. My attention was drawn several…
Is God enough?
God’s Word is enough for millions of believers who gather in house churches just like this one. His Word is enough for millions of other believers who huddle in African jungles, South American rain forests, and Middle Eastern cities. But is his Word enough for us? ~Radical, pg 26 This chapter {Chapter 2 for those…
