Posts tagged “God”
The gift of repentance
Do you love repenting? That word might bring some uninspiring pictures to mind. Perhaps an angry preacher thumping his Bible or a street corner…
Faith’s foothold
My friend Roman was a rookie warden in the 1960s, training for mountain rescue in the Canadian Rockies. A farm boy, he’d never climbed…
Back to basics
I’ve been going to church since I was born. I went to a Christian grade school, high school, and college. Plus, for much of…
Hold out your hands
My dad was an amazing gift giver. Oh, the joy I’d feel when he would return from a trip and say the magic words:…
What’s your angel story?
I can’t tell you that it was an angel for sure. I’ll find out in heaven. When my mother was a little girl, she…
It’s a God thing
“King Belshazzar gave a great banquet. . . . Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the…
You’re more than space dust
A couple of weeks ago, NASA released images from the James Webb telescope, the most high-tech telescope ever invented. The images caused a ruckus…
People pleaser
If you believe that Jesus lived and died for you, one of the ways you show it is by loving and serving the people…
From complaining to praising
Have you ever noticed how we like to complain incessantly about the weather? Is it because it’s inoffensive fodder for small talk? “The humidity…
Of little importance
Here’s a rainy day activity. Go to a resale shop and buy an old globe. Put seven billion dots on it. Distribute them around…
Bounce cuz you’re blessed
What did I bring to church this week? My kids. My purse. Pens for sermon notes. A mop for the rain that had dripped…
Delayed wrath
Why doesn’t God stop bad people from doing bad things? There you are, trying to do the godly thing, towing the biblical line, and…