Six Days or Six Thousand Years
Jump for Joy in My Trials? You Betcha.
So James 1: 2-4 are perplexing verses. To get the inside scoop on how to consider it joy when you have troubles, click the link on Trials below to see a 6 minute video. TRIALS
Beautiful and Disturbing
When having tea with a new friend in Palm Beach, Florida, I was reminded of a certain verse of Scripture. I’ve meditated on James 1: 1-4 for three days now. Let me start at the beginning. I work for an amazing ministry that sends me out to meet with the people who...
Empty Plates
Going back to work with an international Bible ministry, I’ve been reminded of the year and a half we lived in Equatorial Guinea working with a Bible translation project in process there. I experienced a myriad of emotions as I recalled our ten-year-old son surviving...
No One Knows The Day
My response to No One Knows the Time of Christ's Return Photo by Andrey Grushnikov on Pexels.comAWhen people say that no one knows the day or hour of Christ's return, tell them to watch this: No One Knows Video
Are You a Crushed Olive?
I had the chance to sit on a patch of ground on the Mount of Olives in a garden facing Jerusalem. The story of Gethsemane - Christ taking Peter, James, and John to pray the night before his mockery of a trial ensued - came to life in a tangible way. I’m not sure that...
A Lack of Wings
Someone once told me that after their grandmother died, she became a beautiful angel in heaven. This gal had been raised in the church. She’d even attended a private, Christian college. Her background allowed me the space to address that little hiccup...