Hi Friends! I don’t usually post book reviews, but this is special because I am so proud of my dear friend and former pastor Winn Collier for this beautifully written volume: Love Big, Be Well: Letters to a Small-Town Church by Winn Collier My rating: 5 of 5 stars Reading […]
Category: Sidetrails
Can My Friends Recognize Jesus on My FB Feed?
Imagine a medical practice whose ads ran with this kind of content: “If your blood pressure is high, it’s your own fault. Just cut the sodium.” “Your smoking addiction offends me.” “Suffering from diabetes? What a jerk you are. If you cared about your family, you would just eat less […]
God Has Been Good to Me
*** Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. For you, Lord, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 116:7-9 Nearly 13 months ago I took a chance and […]
Five Women in the Messiah’s Bloodline
I loved this post by Cara Strickland on the Junia Project blog last month. She said it so well that I thought I would share an excerpt with you here: Recently, I heard a sermon preached almost entirely on Jesus’ genealogy in the book of Matthew. I was visiting a church […]
Good Reads for the Soul
This lovely holiday season also coincides with the close of another year, and it has me reflecting a bit. I feel like I’ve been doing some stretching and growing spiritually over the past 12 months—a more blessed and joyful kind of growth than I experienced in the prior couple of […]
This One’s Got to Be Better
Hello, 2015! I am so ready for a new start. Good riddance, 2014! You brought more pain in your 52 weeks than any I have experienced in 52 years. Don’t get me wrong. The past 12 months weren’t all bad. I received tons of love and support from caring family, […]
Jesus at the Table
#6524-000125 / gettyimages.com “Eats with Sinners” is the name of a book by Arron Chambers that our whole church is reading right now. The title intrigued me, and since Jesus didn’t eat only with sinners, I decided to scour the Gospels to learn more. I have a relationship with […]
Looking Like Jesus
I’m a little off topic this week, but I’m excited about something new I learned and wanted to share it! This may not be a new story to you, but I recently learned it about in vivid detail when my daughter shared with me her copy of The Rise of […]
Being Jesus on Facebook
Whenever I read the Gospels, and especially when I read about the ways Jesus interacted with women, I am challenged to reconsider my own daily interactions with women. They are too often inconsistent with the example Jesus set. Today, I reflected on being like Jesus in my presence on Facebook. […]
Nonprofits Helping Women and Children
“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40) The end of the year often means that lots of us are thinking about charitable giving, and I wanted to share with you some causes […]