On a scale of 1 to 10 – if 1 = perfect peace and 10 = all-consuming anxiety… How are you doing? I want to be around 1 or 2 but if I’m being honest . . . I often run somewhere above 5. We live in a hurry—late for everything, behind on payments, racing…
It’s been a hard year for so many of us. Our list of reasons to be unsettled and unhappy seem to linger week after week after week. Isolation and loneliness are simply not what God intended for us and for some reason it feels even harder at Christmastime when we typically look forward to our…
Today is the 20th Friday of 2018 – I can’t believe how fast this year is passing… I started thinking about my resolutions and goals … how this year was going to be different. How I would deliberately and consistently do my best to balance work, play, and rest. I started the year wanting to…
I wonder if you’re feeling it too. The enemy seems to be working overtime to discourage and disable the work of God’s children. I shared with a small group of friends last week that I was feeling discouraged and sad and I didn’t know why. My life is good but I had the blahs. Now,…
Have you ever started the day in a pretty good mood . . . okay, maybe it took a couple of cups of coffee but then you were good to go. I’d like to think I’m a positive person. But… Then there are those times when a thought or memory, a post on Facebook, or…
We’ve got trouble. If you watch the news, we’ve got overwhelming trouble. Maybe you’ve got personal trouble. Life can be hard. But then there’s this… Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a…
I hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas celebration yesterday. The day may be over but my prayer is that your joy will continue into the new year. So this is it, the last week of The Faith Project. Before we wrap up 2016, I want to close the December with a review of what I learned about…
Who’s the person with whom you’d most like to spend an afternoon? I’m not sure, but I’m guessing you didn’t choose the grumpiest person you know. Seriously, who wants to spend time with someone who is cranky and miserable. I’m not talking about a friend who is sad or grieving but the one who is just plain…
What gave you joy this week? What’s the junk that’s making you anxious? Where did you see Jesus? I picked up my old Bible the other day. The one I used when our children were growing up. I’ve always kept it in a cute fabric case so the cover still looks clean and undamaged. But…
