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Are You A Good Wife?
In: christian living| marriage
31 Jan 2010A few years ago I took a women’s issues class when I was working on my counseling degree. We were given a copy of the following essay titled “How To Be A Good Wife” from a home economics textbook written in 1954:
Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal, [...]
A Kaleidoscope
In: God| Grace| christian living
9 Nov 2009My daughter has a toy kaleidoscope that her grandparents bought for her. It’s nothing fancy, really, just a brightly colored cardboard tube with some cheap plastic beads inside. The same kind of beads I used to thread onto countless safety pins (remember those?). Anyway, I hadn’t seen a kaleidoscope in years and had forgotten how [...]
How Do We Smell?
13 Sep 2009Our sense of smell is highly underrated. Smell does a lot for us beyond enhancing our taste buds. Our sense of smell is directly connected to the limbic system of the brain, the part of the brain that is responsible for processing emotions and memories. When we smell something, be it good or bad, both [...]
Are We The Church?
6 Aug 2009I spent the better part of today at my church, The Woods, watching a simulcast of this year’s Leadership Summit hosted by Willow Creek Community Church. I had a lot of take-aways and challenging thoughts as I walked out of the auditorium this evening and have decided to take a little break from the Gospel [...]
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Jon Acuff at Cross Point Church
In: christian living| church
25 Jul 2009I’m still reading through the book of John and had every intention of writing a post from Chapter 17. I changed my mind after watching a message that Jon Acuff delivered a few weeks ago at Cross Point Church in Nashville. I had to share it with you, it’s that good.
If you’re unfamiliar with Jon, [...]
Loving One Another
In: John| christian living| church
17 Jul 2009My church, The Woods, has a fairly simple and straight forward mission statement: “Love God, Love People, Serve our World.” I love it. I feel like it sums up the gospel in seven simple words. So why are these tiny words so difficult to live out?
As I was reading through John 13 today I got [...]
Standing Accused
In: Luke| christian living| christianity
22 Jun 2009I’m at the end of my read though Luke. I thought I would be blogging about the crucifixion today, but as I re-read chapters 22-24 this evening I was really taken by chapter 23 verse 5: “But they insisted, ‘He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee and [...]
Putting Down the Sign
In: Luke| Ministries| christian living| restoration| sex
14 Jun 2009Anyone who knows me will tell you that I love Twitter. There’s a voyeuristic quality about it that I just can’t resist. While I love reading the short descriptions about what’s going on in people’s lives I rarely pay attention to the ones that have photo links attached for no other reason than the fact [...]
Service, Humility, and My Best Shoes
In: Luke| Service| christian living| inspiration
10 Jun 2009My first counseling job after graduation was at a voluntary residential substance abuse treatment program/half way house. And by volunteer I mean volunteer to go to treatment or get sentenced to jail. I’ll never forget my first day. I wore tan Coach kitten heels and Seven jeans while I transported clients from the County Jail [...]
Going Out Boldly
In: Guest Post| Luke| christian living| faith
6 Jun 2009Nicole has graciously allowed me to guest write for her today. I was glad to do it because I was struck by a a couple of passages in Luke 10-12 which dovetailed with a message we just watched online from Francis Chan, whose book “Crazy Love” and whose messages have deeply challenged me.
The [...]
Are We Listening?
In: Luke| christian living| church
2 Jun 2009I recently had a conversation with a good friend about the necessity of discipleship and the idea that good discipleship is foundational to growing ministry and developing leadership. I was thinking about that conversation as I read through Luke 8 and 9 in preparation for this post.
Luke 8:4-8 4While a large crowd was [...]
Learning True Mercy
In: Luke| Mercy| christian living
30 May 2009As I read through Luke 6 and 7 I knew immediately that I wanted to write about Luke 6:36. That verse jumped off the page as if it was written in neon lights. It reads: “Be merciful just as your father is merciful.” I have struggled with this verse for two days now and have not [...]
Unprepared
In: Matthew| christian living
22 May 2009So, I’m still working through The 40 Day Challenge (reading the 4 Gospels in 40 days) and have been stuck on Matthew Chapters 23-25 for a couple of days now. I haven’t wanted to move on until I had totally digested whatever it is that God is trying to get me to swallow. Here’s where [...]
ISO Tax Collectors and Prostitutes
In: christian living| church| marriage
19 May 2009I caught a great call in show on Sirius Channel 161 Sunday Night. Tal Prince1, a great champion for marriage, sexual purity, and recovery from sexual addiction posed the following question: What would you do if a prostitute, just off of her last date, showed up at your worship service? Great question! Two of the [...]
Don't Hate. Appreciate.
In: Matthew| christian living
18 May 2009I really wanted to write about the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard today since it only appears in Matthew’s account of the Gospels. The fact that it gave me an opportunity to run to the Urban Dictionary was an added bonus. I love the Urban Dictionary, it absolutely cracks me up. So, tonight’s [...]
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