This past week I have been all aflutter with the news that the very prominent megachurch duo Joel and Victoria Osteen made some "questionable at best, blasphemous at worst" kind of remarks and, thanks to social media, are being called out on it. For whatever reason, nothing rolls my socks as much as false and... Continue Reading →
Anything but Lukewarm
"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot..." (Jesus) Revelation 3:15 The commentary in my Bible for this verse explains it this way:"Cold springs are refreshing; hot mineral springs are medicinal; lukewarm is nauseating."Nauseating indeed. The first thing I thought of was my coffee;... Continue Reading →
Position is Everything
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. Ephesians 1:3 The giver of ALL our earthly and spiritual blessings HAS blessed us... it's a done deal. Just like our salvation that was bought before we were even born,... Continue Reading →
When Truth Is Rare
"Now the boy Samuel ministers to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation. 1 Samuel 3:1 Samuel was just a child when called by God. He "grew up before the Lord" and "ministered to the Lord". I've always kind of glossed over... Continue Reading →
Mustard Seed Faith
"And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour. Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not cast it out?" So Jesus said to them, "Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I say to you, if you have faith as a... Continue Reading →
The Wrong Kind of Books
"We owe it to our kids to give them a healthy dose of dark stories."That was the premise of an article I read recently by children's author N.D. Wilson in Christianity Today magazine. He calls out us adults who instinctively raise an eyebrow at such ideas. In the same way a health food nut reads... Continue Reading →
Profoundly Simple
"Keep it simple, keep it pure. Keep it sincere." The more I dive into the Word this year, expecting some complex revelation to wash over me, the more I hear this. Back to the basics in the New Year. My 9 year old woke up yesterday morning and told me about a dream he had.... Continue Reading →
Yada Yada Yada…The Best Response to Life and the Holidays by Ann Voskamp
I found this at Ann Voskamp's blog "A Holy Experience". It is so beautifully written, so timely and so needed as we enter this time of year. And yadah, it’s Hebrew, and it literally means to hold out the hand in four ways: 1. to bemoan with this wringing of hands. 2. or to revere... Continue Reading →
Don’t Drop Your Sword
"and take the sword of the spirit... which is the Word of God." Ephesians 6:17 One of the eternal truths I've learned from being mom to two boys is that there will be swords. There will be light-sabers. There will never be enough. It starts out early, with straws or crayons and just escalates from... Continue Reading →
A White Stone and a New Name
"One of the things I find beautiful in the book of Revelation is when Jesus says, "To him who overcomes I will give a white stone and on that stone is a name known only to the person who receives it and to Me" (2:17).The white stone signifies victory and could very well hint at purity.... Continue Reading →
Into the Foolishness of God 