Posts tagged “Love”
Compensation or restoration
“If you find a perfect church, don’t join it. You’d spoil it.”—Billy Graham It’s only a matter of time until the people around you…
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!)…
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….
Don’t be afraid to repent
Has fear ever driven your repentance by thinking, “I need to repent to be forgiven?” As Christians, we don’t repent to be forgiven. We…
God wants me to forgive THEM!
I’m a child of the 90s who grew up going to a Christian church, so I have extensive knowledge about an obscure show called…
Church is a chance, not a chore
The founding pastor of my church often said, “Coming to church isn’t a ‘have to.’ It’s a ‘get to.’” I like that. I suppose…
Share your stories
Have you been tempted to sugarcoat the story of your faith walk with God? In Psalm 78, the writer shares a story. In some…
Restoration projects
“Restore us, O God; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved” (Psalm 80:3). We pray this and know that God…
Make me the cotton
One night at a mission in Africa, the pastor overheard one of the native people praying. The prayer was simple but strange. The person…
Joy of salvation
“For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of…
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…
The tension of being Christ(ian)
If you think about it, the Pharisees asked a fair question as they observed Jesus feasting in the home of Matthew the tax collector:…