Posts tagged “Culture”
Surgery-free transformation
An affluent city near us is known for its plastic surgery. It’s such a blessing for cancer patients, burn victims, or people who have…
God’s love never changes
The mother with the grocery list said, “Do you want to stay in the car with Dad?” The child yelled, “No! Yes! Wait! No!…
Be you!* (Part 4)
Modern culture has an infatuation with the phrase, “Be you!” In a way, these cultural voices are on to something, since God uniquely designed…
Be you!* (Part 1)
What do the movies Moana, Mulan, Brave, Beauty and the Beast, Coco, and Aladdin have in common? The moral of those stories is almost…
Better than Thanksgiving pie …
Thanksgiving dinner is one of those meals that I look forward to all year. Thanksgiving is synonymous with turkey and gravy, green bean casserole,…
You might feel dizzy
There’s a Greek word used in the Bible that means “spinning around and getting dizzy,” like on one of those spinning rides at the…
5 ways to live for Jesus
How do you and I show the world we are people who give their hearts to God and not imposters who only give him…
Too crowded to grow
This past year was our first experiment in raised-bed gardening. We tore out a good portion of our front lawn (yes, our front lawn!)…
Rest … without worry
“Ugh, look at my dining room! I need to make time to paint those dingy walls.” “You know, the bathrooms in this house are…
Sin is a sickness that Jesus can cure
The Christian church should be the most offensive and most beautiful place in our culture. In reply to the Pharisees who were offended that…
A final assignment
As a former college theater professor, wanting my students to succeed was a double-edged sword. One side hoped they would fulfill their dreams. The…
The gift of now
Listening to the news and the watercooler gossip about the news, there’s a pretty good consensus that everyone’s positive everything’s bad in the world….