Hope and Encouragement for Every Season
As an upcoming, first-year teacher, the beginning of the school year looks daunting. Thankfully, my schedule is light, and I have had time to prepare. Health is already a passion, so diving into the curriculum and searching for supplemental aids to teach four classes a week is much more enjoyable than a subject like math …
The enemy wins when we engage others with his own tactics. Angry, hateful accusations tread on his territory. Election season must be a fruitful season for his work to be accomplished, but no special occasion is necessary. Gossip, criticism, and disrespectfulness can become daily habits in our homes and churches. Election season will just magnify …
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Real faith upends the pre-conceptions of who Jesus is from the tiny box of human expectation and understanding. The apostle Peter and the other eleven walked the crucible of disappointment as Jesus revealed Himself to the world, not as the reigning Messiah, but as the suffering Servant. Those three black days of Jesus’ silent occupation …
Life offers up some lonely places at times. Our family has moved so many times, I refuse to count anymore. With each tearing up of roots comes new growth opportunities, but it does take time to build new friendships. It also takes intention. As I read the story of Jonathan and David yesterday, I was …
I have been doing a lot of reading for an upcoming research paper, which includes objectively addressing the opposition to my topic of abortion. Surprisingly, I have found that many Christian denominations support abortion because it can alleviate poverty. As I have read their Biblical arguments, one author quoted a verse that Jesus used to …
Do your thoughts ever seem to get locked in the negative? Critical, anxious, painful thoughts that swirl over and over in your mind? It takes intentionality to redirect those thought patterns. I was listening to a podcast about a woman who lost her daughter as a teenager. She and her family knew the Lord, but …
A Biblical Counseling Study #6 Photo by Horacio Lander on Pexels.com A friend and I were discussing depression and anxiety thisweek. We acknowledged that truly, the feelings of depression and anxiety are asymptom of another problem. No one chooses to feel panicky and sleepless orweepy and exhausted. If our bodies were a car, the symptoms …
Women who go to church seek abortions. Is this a shocking statement to you? It shouldn’t be. All church attendees are imperfect people. Everyone is a sinner in need of a Savior. Some sins, such as gossip or backbiting, are less shocking, but temptation beckons everyone into its trap. Where does a pastor’s daughter go …
A Biblical Counseling Series # 5 Rejection cuts deep whether it is a child, a spouse, a parent, or a love interest. Elisabeth Elliot writes of George Matheson in her book, “A Path Through Loneliness.” When George became blind, his fiancée broke off their engagement. Instead of becoming bitter, however, he lifted his blind eyes …
A Biblical Counseling Series #4 “It is not supposed to be this way.” Right now I see many believers walking difficult paths on my social media feed. A teenage Pastor’s daughter died in a random accident. A young girl is on her journey toward Heaven from a brain tumor. A family is dealing with the …
His Song in the Night 