Posts tagged “Grace”
3 words that will change your Christmas
You need to be wise this Christmas. Because Christmas, perhaps more than any other time of year, is the season that pushes people in…
Just be a kid
I hope you’ve seen the Hafod Hardware Christmas ad. The two-year-old going through the motions of running a store is a whole different level…
All the rage
Have you seen the new, literal rage? Rage rooms are popping up in cities all over North America. There’s even one at the Wells…
When your dog dies
I got an email the other day from a family grieving the death of their dog. After nearly 15 years of companionship, their beloved…
Repairing the breach
“You shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in” (Isaiah 58:12 ESV). The mission of God was…
A different kind of list
From a parenting perspective, Christmas is a pretty easy time to get kids to behave. After all, they are keenly aware of Santa’s naughty-or-nice…
Chasing Christmas contentment
Contentment at Christmas isn’t on most people’s radar. We buy more, ask for more, demand more. Even when our houses are bursting and we…
Axe, seek, knock
They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axehead fell…
Don’t let God rest
So there I was, wide awake at 3:57 a.m. (Thanks a lot, time change.) I quietly got out of bed, went to the main…
3 words that will change your Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a spiritually dangerous time of year. Why? Because this is a season when many of us put our joy, happiness, peace, and…
God help me assume the best and speak no ill
“We should fear and love God that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, or give him a bad name, but…
4 kinds of sins (and the 1 God prefers)
If you’re going to sin against God, make sure you sin against him in the right way. Obviously, God doesn’t want you to sin…