Posts tagged “Community”
Side effects of Jesus
TV commercials for prescription drugs are so amusing. The visuals depict a positive, peppy person living a happy, healthy life with sunny skies and…
Show them love
As a customer service associate, she wasn’t that service-oriented as she silently and sullenly scanned my groceries at the checkout on New Year’s Eve….
They see you
One of the hardest truths to see in yourself is your own God-given talent. When something comes so naturally to you, you might assume…
Grace makes space
It was the late 80s, and my family was experiencing what many other families were experiencing for the first time: a home computer. I…
I hate feet
I hate feet. God bless all you podiatrists out there. Seeing the bare feet of others up close really makes me squirm. My husband…
We’re no angels
“Do not fail to show love to strangers, for by doing this some have welcomed angels without realizing it” (Hebrews 13:2 EHV). “BC” was…
The blessing of noticing and being noticed
Very often I sit by a 77-year-old woman at church. When she walks out of church, the pastor greets her with, “Good to see…
God’s hands and feet
“Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son! May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor…
A light on a hill
When the snow falls thick and fast on a Michigan winter’s night, my family has been known to troop through the neighborhood to an…
Snow prowl
There’s usually one night (somewhere near the middle of winter) when my family—tired of being stuck inside—decides to go out for a snow prowl….
His hands
Hands show the work you do. Farmers have dirt under their nails perpetually. Artists will always have paint on their hands. My neighbor is…
Love your neighbor
It’s such a lovely Bible passage, one that even non-Christians try to embrace: “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39). But what does it…