Often times when I go to the beach I find that I am content to stand on the shore and look at the water, maybe step in a couple of steps in but the second a large wave comes in I run back to the shore to avoid the wave crashing over me. But then
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Recently I have had some people in my life challenge me to step into things that are a little (ok massively) scary for me. I argue and tell them how I like my safe space, my comfort zone and that while what they are asking me to do is something I can possibly do, it
My church is doing the One Year Study Bible daily read. This morning after I got home from the gym and I sat down to read todays reading and it just hit home. Today we see the first part of God’s call to Moses to go and RESCUE the people of Israel from Egypt. So
Christmas has passed and you know what that means? That’s right it is time for the new year to begin! I don’t know about you but I love New Years because I love taking the time and thinking about what I want to see different this year. What do I hope to accomplish this year?
Christmas is here!! This season is always a season where I am full of wonder both for what we see around and for the miracle of Christmas. I walk around and everywhere I look there are decorations. For some reason the season just seems magical right? The thing is that for me, while I can
I can remember the night so clearly, the night that I prayed the prayer that would forever change the trajectory of my life. It was a summer night, it was hot and humid and we had just arrived in New Orleans for a missions trip with Teen Mania. It was the summer of 2000 and
“Winds in the east, mist coming in, Like somethin’ is brewin’ and bout to begin. Can’t put me finger on what lies in store, But I fear what’s to happen all happened before.” Bert (Mary Poppins) Here we are once again at the end of one season and the beginnings of another. This next season,
Recently I was listening to Unashamed by Christine Caine and she described a story of a little girl that was playing hide and go seek with her grandma. She described how the little girl would always go to the same hiding place over and over again (behind her grandmother’s chair). This same little girl witnessed
And they will know we are Christians by our… WWJD bracelet? Cross necklace? Christian T-Shirt? Church Attendance? Judgmentalness? Hate? The church often gets a rap for being judgmental, for being hateful, for being hypocrites. Why is this? When did the church become a place that people are not known to be friendly, loving or kind?
Dreamers often get a bad rap, they are told that they are just dreamers. People think that they are only going to dream and not do anything about it. People often forget that all of the biggest changes, the things that impact the world the most were first a dream. To the dreamers, what are