Redeemed (the diary of marriage)
We bonded one day at lunch over our broken hearts. And a month later we decided that two immature kids with deep wounds and a bent for...
We bonded one day at lunch over our broken hearts. And a month later we decided that two immature kids with deep wounds and a bent for...
In a previous post I mentioned that our family has been tried by the fire of spiritual warfare. So I won't revisit details here, except...
I am contemplating the deception that Holiness is grimness. ... "to many of us, holy people look as if they have been steeped in vinegar...
Sometimes we act like God has no backbone. We carry silent brooding that WE would show up Captain America style in this crazy world, and...
Your "will" was made to do one thing--submit to God. A little startling for this generation to accept. Modern influencers want to be...
If you are looking for delicious and simple inspiration in the kitchen this weekend, check out Cassy Joy with Fed and Fit. I haven't...
It doesn't seem to be theologically popular anymore to believe that God can speak in a still small voice. But I was taught young to sit...
We want the luxury of a smooth life; and we want upgrades along the way. We avoid reading the one instruction manual that came from God...
Mister did a remodel of our kitchen this past year. I was hankering for an old fashion brick wall. So he backsplashed our cabinets with...
It was just supposed to be a casual review of Psalm 23. But for the first time in my life I read this Psalm like the journey of Christian...
My children realize the world is obsessed with sex. So we strategize together on how to survive this war against our mind and bodies....
My oldest son is working through a bible study called "Story: God's Story, My Story". A wonderful publication by Mariner's Church as...
If you have never consecrated your imagination to the Lord, begin today. Your imagination is an active part of your thought process. And...
I kneel beside my bed. I picture in my mind, reaching out to take the scroll of the Spirit which He delivers in the dawn. News of His...
It is nothing short of thrilling when Joseph rises from imprisonment to become Ruler of Egypt. We dance before the Lord with abandonment...
O Soul, keep silence on the mount of God, Though cares and needs throb around you like the sea. From prayer, petitions, and desires...
Forgiveness is romantic. "Trying again" is sexy. Hollywood makes a fortune getting you to watch strangers forgive and make up. And you...
Are we maturing to a place where we can trust God's silence? Must He continually woo us like a new lover? Or can He be across the room,...
Even the most uninterested reader in your home can learn to believe they love books. If we are patient to explore quotes, quips,...
A smooth life is not the definition of God's love for you. You were born on a battlefield. Tell yourself that truth. Look forward to...