He said, “Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?” declares the Lord. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel. (Jeremiah 18:6) When I see a verse come up more than one time in a week, it is usually a reason to stop for
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Each day we are given opportunity to watch as God does the miraculous, as He shows up and paints the morning sky with the sunrise and the colors that take our breath away. We know that our cameras cannot even come close to capturing the full beauty of the sunrise but we take pictures to
This week, I have been re-reading a book as I co-facilitate a Spiritual Leadership group at my church, and of course one of the things that sticks out for me is from day 1 of the reading. Since I do not have my notes with me from the first time, I don’t know if I
When we were little we had dreams of who we wanted to be. We would dream up the possibilities and we could do anything we set our minds to. As we grew up those dreams faded and somehow we lost who we are. The dreams are still there and we are still the same person
Growing up we had Nana, she was not related to us by blood but she was Nana to well most of the street. I don’t even think we knew her actual first name until we were teenagers. Nana took us all to Wednesday night church growing up, she took care of us, she loved us,
Living in a box, while some might consider it boring, some may consider it safe. In theory we all live in a box of some sort. We have our comfort zones that box us in to what we will do and will not do. For some of us, this can be a bit unnerving when
Last night, I had the pleasure of hearing Mark Batterson speak at my church. He is an amazing author. He said some things that made me think and even to this morning are still making me think and process. I know, that means it was a good sermon right? So todays blog is going to feature
This week has been incredibly busy in comparison to previous weeks and this morning I am sitting here writing thinking about the fact that shortly I need to leave for camp for the weekend but not before bible study at 6:30am (yes I go to a bible study that early every Friday morning) and I
Have you ever been listening to a speaker, a pastor, a bible study on DVD or Podcast or an audiobook and been following right along and them bam! The speaker drops a bomb that just hits you from out of no where? You know when you walk away and try and process all that you
Songs have a way of speaking to me, they bypass my brain and can go straight to my heart. Song words will sit on repeat in my mind whether or not I want them to. I have this uncanny way of remembering song words and melodies and sometimes even figuring out where the melody is









