We call someone who is optimistic and positive a Pollyanna. Our name for a woman who stirs the pot and creates a lot of mayhem might be a drama queen. And we might say someone who lets everyone walk all over them is a doormat. We tend to give labels based on demeanor, attitude, words and actions. I’ll admit it… Read More
“The Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.” – Acts 11:15 How are you serving the Lord today? If you’re not working at a Vacation Bible School or serving on a mission trip to a foreign land, you may be tempted to think you’re not really doing any kind of ministry on this Monday… Read More
About this time each summer I start getting a little antsy. I start waking up in the middle of the night with a “to-do” list swimming around in my mind. I start fretting that there’s something I’m supposed to be doing that I haven’t done. And quite frequently there are indeed things that need to be done. In August, as… Read More
Since today is short on words (in accordance to the rules of Not so Wordy Wednesday!) I thought I’d share with you the flowers in my back yard. Now, you’ll notice that we don’t actually have any flowers in our back yard. Right now we only have flowers on our back yard. But hopefully that will change one of these… Read More
When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, “Lord–what about him?” (John 21:21, HCSB) We often think of Peter as the disciple who blurted out whatever he thought before really thinking. We might even criticize him for his impetuous words. But quite honestly, Peter just voiced the sorts of things we all think. “What about her?” Those are very common… Read More
When I was a kid, one of the first rites of summer was going to the library, signing up for the summer reading program, picking up my official summer reading program log, and checking out that first batch of books. Summer may have been for taking swimming lessons and shelling butter beans and eating dinner on the back screened in… Read More