But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” Matthew 14:27 NIV Adding our family to the tiny congregation doubled attendance. These sweet senior church members had been praying for a pastor to lead and grow their church. They couldn’t give up. On our end, we had prayed for a church who’d appreciate my husband’s ministry and our family after we’d endured […]
My God Adventure with Severe Allergies and Learning to Live Simply Clean I found myself fidgeting in the hardwood chair. Then it dawned on me: Dust mites! That cushion I took off the chair is made of fabric. I should have cleaned the chair seat. That itchy, irritated feeling on the backs of my thighs and the uncomfortable sensation in my chest were dead giveaways. […]
Eventually, we must put the past where it belongs because God has something better for us.
My shells represent us—broken people. Often discarded as ugly, useless, and therefore unwanted, God showed me their beauty.
What if a ninja went tearing up the center aisle of your church and hammered down on your pastor with his sword? Pretty shocking, wouldn’t you agree?
I’ve been a pastor’s wife in a small rural church in Texas for twenty-nine years. Oh, the stories I could tell.
One stark realization we’ve had in our retirement dream is that what we imagine never happens the way we thought it would.
A friend and I were talking the other day about how churches have impacted us, and today’s passage in Ephesians 2:19 got my brain gears churning. We both concluded that we go because God’s Word tells us not to forsake the gathering together of believers (Hebrews 10:25), but also because of how we should do as Jesus did: Jesus went into the Synagogue as was […]
When you put Simplicity and Solitude together and anchor them with prayer, this hub hold
s all the other spiritual disciplines in our lives.
Fasting is simply a spiritual discipline, another way we may place ourselves in a position for the Lord to transform us.