Roadblocks to Worship 2/16/2022 - Not all worship feels the same. Be honest. You’ve had times when you sang at the top of your lungs! God’s presence was palpable, and you were fully engaged in pouring out praise to the Lord. And then other times… you just aren’t as into it. Maybe you’ve found yourself mouthing the words, there physically but not truly present mentally or spiritually.... Read more
God's Kingdom 2/9/2022 - At 23, I had a personal encounter with the living God. From then forward, I committed myself to living according to His ways. I had been in church from the age of six months, and when I was six years old, I “walked the aisle” during revival. I grew up in a missionary family, and I was fully connected to church, even memorizing Scripture during Sunday school. My parents helped establish churches, and my brother and I were right along to help. Mostly in the nursery.During my mid-teen years, I grew bored with nursery work, and other things pulled me from my commitment to church. But at age 23, I had a spiritual epiphany that changed the course of my life... Read more
Spiritual Exercise 2/2/2022 - The year was 2016. I was six months postpartum. I don’t know if it was the Holy Spirit or hormones but when my Pastor gave a sermon about doing hard things and asked us to run a mini-marathon for the sake of clean water for villages in Africa, I was the first to say yes... Read more
Do You Feel Insignificant? 1/26/2022 - Do any of you feel like you are insignificant…so insignificant that you feel like God just COULDN’T use you. Your addiction, your sin, your past? Do you feel like you’re just anonymous, another name that is brushed over? Are you in distress? Is your sadness too much to bear? Is your LIFE just too much to bear? ... Read more
Let Go 1/19/2022 - We are halfway through January. How are you doing on those New Year’s resolutions? Hopefully you are still going strong, but I know many have already left behind the resolutions you made because of failed attempts or too many missed days. That doesn’t deter me from continuing the tradition in coming up with a word each year. It helps give me direction and a goal to focus on. This year’s is a little different, but it’s the thing I keep coming back to. “Let Go.” ... Read more