Service with a Smile Have you ever waited on hold for what felt like forever, desperate for the live voice of a customer service representative? Waiting, waiting, waiting. A half hour later, when you think the call will finally be answered, the phone call is...
The Moon is Always Round Have you had a difficult day? A tough week? A grueling month? Or perhaps a year that feels more like a decade? Maybe this doesn’t apply to you . . . today. But we’ve all lived long enough to know that if we’re not in the middle of a...
Mountains and Valleys Where are you right now: on a high or in a low? Are you thrilled with the season of life you’re experiencing at the moment? Or are you weary and discouraged by the people and events in your life? Mountains or valleys? There’s something...
Attractively Countercultural I recently listened to a Bible study where a friend challenged her listeners to be attractively countercultural. What does that look like? And what does that mean compared to fifty, thirty, or even twenty years ago? Countercultural...
Living As God’s Beloved What does it mean to live as one beloved of God? To know you live in the eternal love of the Creator of the Universe, who also invites us to call Him Abba—Papa? How much do we really understand about God’s eternal love? It’s difficult to...
True/False Quiz: What We Believe and Why What’s Christian and what’s not? Test your answers to the following 10 true or false statements: All spirituality is good. We are essentially “one” with all that exists, including God. God is separate from humanity. Science...
Fight Spiritual Battles by Standing When we think about physical battles, we often think of two opposing parties locked in combat, fighting until one or the other declares victory over their opponent. But what about the spiritual battles raging all around us?...
Can We Really Control Our Thoughts? The brief thought leaves as quickly as it came. By the time I realize what happened, it had disappeared. But when the thought returned, it lingered and I dwelled on it a few moments longer. Then I found myself rationalizing...
Does the World Know What We Are Against or For? The Christian community has taken a stand on the issue of abortion. To end a pregnancy is to end a life. Not potential life. Life. We object to abortion. We work to change civil laws that violate God’s moral law....
The Danger of Shortcuts As the new year stretches before us, once again I’m looking for shortcuts to make life easier in the coming months. I’m always up for learning a new way of doing things to save time, energy, or in some cases, my sanity. Those short...
Service with a Smile Have you ever waited on hold for what felt like forever, desperate for the live voice of a...
The Moon is Always Round Have you had a difficult day? A tough week? A grueling month? Or perhaps a year that...
Mountains and Valleys Where are you right now: on a high or in a low? Are you thrilled with the season of life...