Overcoming the Generational Divide with Love To be honest, her tone cut deep that day. My young son was having an allergic reaction at church, and I was not carrying medicine in my purse. When I asked an older woman whom I respected if she had any, she reproved me with brusque words. "You …
Spiritual Motherhood: A Titus 2 Command, Part 1
Life is busy. Family units are often separated, leaving young mothers to navigate family life with little to no older women in her life to help with questions or support. Church classes are usually separated by age, disallowing the older women and younger from getting to know one another. Sometimes there is little time for …
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Navigating the Unspoken Things
The unspoken things will break your heart, and rarely will those untouched by their confusing events know how to help someone else through them. I speak of mental disorders specifically, but every person is touched by some unspoken word that cannot be formed into a prayer request. Having spent more time that I ever …
Welcoming Leviathan
The description of the fire-breathing dragon in Job has always intrigued me. You can find it in Job 41. The King James renders its name “leviathan,” and the end of the chapter calls him the king over all the children of pride. This is the very last thing God describes before Job declares his repentance. …
Adoration: The First Step of Prayer
I confess that my understanding of God can be trapped within a small box, contained by only what is written of Him in the Bible. His interactions with men make Him relatable to my life, as if it is a small thing for me to go to Him in prayer. The life of Jesus also …
Worship: Loving God with All My Mind
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true…think on these things. Philippians 4:8 Who has walked through the valley of depression without learning a few lessons about how thoughts and emotions intertwine? Anxiety, panic attacks, and highly stressful situations can also teach us a similar lesson. It may seem like emotions are in the driver’s seat, …
The Worship of the Wise
Advent Day #21 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. Matthew 2:11-12 …
We Cannot Teach What We Do Not Know
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 …
Treasure’s Folly
A fleet of yachts sits atop the blue-green waters of the sea surrounding the Bahamas. Beneath them, an army of scuba divers painstakingly sift through dead coral and sand searching for lost treasures sunk over three hundred years ago when a Spanish ship, the Maravilla, carried over six hundred souls to eternity. Many of those …
His Song in the Night 