This May my son will turn one, and I am grateful. I always wanted to be a dad. However, two years ago, at the age of 47, I didn’t think it would happen. I thought that I …
Healing Inflammation
Pain is a universal experience. Every single person is inflicted with it in some way during their lifetime. Individually, we experience physical pain, emotional pain, and social/economic pain. Inflammation. Because we are a community of …
Learning to Float
It took me two years to learn to swim. It was scary. It was unfamiliar—that putting my head in the water and all that. My mother-in-law never did learn to swim and until she passed …
Notes Between Neighbors: Faith, Hope, & Love
But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God [faith], hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is …
I Need You
Have you ever offered yourself to someone, to help them, to spend time with them, or to share an emotional connection?
Sometimes, when I make that offer, I qualify it with “if you need me.”
Do you do that?
Why? What do you hope to hear?
The Body of Christ
A Broken Body In early June of 2020, I found out some exceedingly difficult news and it has taken me a while to adjust. To help you better understand why this news was so difficult, let …
Not Gifted
Through God, I am gifted with grace, salvation, eternal life, a personality with spiritual talents, and the Holy Spirit. I accepted THOSE gifts a long time ago when I chose to follow Jesus. If I hold onto the thought that I am NOT gifted, I insult God. It is a lie that I tell myself based on the old tapes that run in my head.
What Do You Choose
Choices. One past Sunday our worship team was practicing before church, and as I was listening to the songs, a definite theme emerged—God is good. Well, we know that, but do we believe it? The team was singing …
Notes Between Neighbors: Micro or Macro?
[…] Concentrate on doing your best for God, work you won’t be ashamed of, laying out the truth plain and simple. Stay clear of pious talk that is only talk. Words are not mere words, …
Notes Between Neighbors: What do you believe?
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against …
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