Living Simply to Please Jesus while Simply Loving One Another
I have been gone all morning but sat at a red light weeping while reading the words from my cousin Jamie confirming that Meriam and her children had been released!!!!! “We have confirmed through her attorney that she has been released from prison today.” – Tina Ramirez, Hardwired, a Christian advocacy group What a celebration of…
Today we come together, across miles, countries and continents to stand together in praise and worship. We worship Almighty God because all of His promises are true. We can stand firm. We can trust Him. He is faithful. Always. Always. Always. Faithful. God always keeps His promises. Every single one of them. Not once…
As horrific storms have been ravishing our nation, death tolls rising and grief abounding, I’ve been thinking. Some who stop by our Place have been struggling with the terrible storms, or a tragic medical diagnosis, a sudden job loss, a seemingly immovable and very mountainous situation in your adoption, a financial blow, a relational trauma,…
For the last 7 years, most Thursday mornings, my prayer partner and I meet together to pray. When she moved out of state a few years back, we could not bear to stop praying together. Thankful for Skype and the blessing of technology, we still ‘meet’ together even though we are just about 1,000 miles…
Recently my paths crossed with an old friend, Dave. We went to school, youth group and graduated together. We hung around in the same group of friends. Not too long ago Dave was given a grim diagnosis – 1% chance of survival without a bone marrow transplant, 60% with the transplant. My heart has been…