How big is your church? How big is your bank account? How big is your title? How big is your viewer base? How many followers do you have? Culture has creeped up on the church in one “big” way—in the mindset that small equals insignificant. I heard a preacher recently say, ‘If your life starts …
Some of my favorite passages of scripture are Matthew 6-7, because in these chapters, Matthew cuts deep to the issues of the heart. It’s so like the Bible to put such a clean divide between soul and spirit, and as Hebrews 4:12 says, penetrate to the core thoughts and attitudes of a person. Hitting off …
The reason you get up in the morning. The dreams you think about during the day. The last thought you reflect upon before you sleep. What’s holding you back from reaching your goals and dreams? 5 Things that are Holding You Back: 1-Attitude. Attitude has a smell to it. You don’t even have to use …
I was at a stop light the other day and happened to look in the car next to me (totally creeper, I know! You know you totally do it too!). The two adults in the front seat were casually smoking as they talked, nonchalantly blowing smoke out of the cracked window. The sunlight hitting the …
Ever felt hurt, surprised, dumbfounded that someone acted in a way you felt was wrong, unfair, or dishonorable? Only to then be even more crushed when that person was a Christian and you felt like they should know better?! What??!?! Yes, it happens. You’re not perfect, and I’m not perfect. We know that, but it doesn’t …
The time: let’s just say the 90s. The place: Mrs. Rhodes 2nd grade classroom. Mrs. Rhodes had an awesome way of tracking her students’ good behavior in the classroom — by the envelopes on the wall assigned to each student. If you were bad, you got a raincloud. But if you were good, you got …
It’s not the beginning of Valentine’s Day that can be the hardest for a ‘single lady’. In one sense, you’ve known the day is coming, and you know what it holds in store. The day can go by in quite a manageable way — especially when receiving the heart-warming messages that may come from family …
The Newsies is one of the best movies ever, just saying. It was a true favorite of mine growing up, and I was reminded of that the other day as I came across one of its iconic songs, ‘Seize the Day.’ The movie is based on the true-to-life events in which the courage of New …
Sodom. 1000 BC. It was Lot’s wife’s favorite place she had ever called home. She had never had more friends and more fun than in the years she had lived in Sodom. Sure, she had forgotten a little of where her family had come from and the God they once loved, but the glamor and …
We did something very exciting and dreadful this summer — we moved! Although it was a lot of work to get situated, we are now so happy with our sunny yellow house in our favorite part of town. Along with our cozy home came this added responsibility called a yard. The yard wasn’t in bad …