Snickerdoodles…My God Moment This Christmas
by Carol Sokolsky It was almost Christmas. December 23rd. As I started my day, I felt a strong urge to drive over to Barbee’s Cookies on Memorial for a cup of snickerdoodle [...]
Faith
Mary asked, “How?”
“Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word” [...]
Baby Steps to a Devotional Life
Nobody goes straight from their couch to CrossFit and makes it a week. Same with your spiritual life. Don’t even try starting with getting up at 4 a.m. to pray for 3 hours to start the day. Just don’t. [...]
In the Meantime
Even still, I felt like God owed me an explanation for why my little bird died, and for why some of the most atrocious things imaginable are “allowed to happen.” [...]
The Curse of the Brown Recliner
There is something about being comfortable that keeps you from moving even when you know that you should move. [...]
Exhale
Oh, to breathe the free air! To not chase the other hummingbirds away, but welcome them to the feast... [...]
Extreme Soul Makeover
He designed each of us uniquely and without fail. Be brave. Let Him in to do His restorative work, even when it seems the cost may be too great. [...]
What Does It Mean?
The scriptures weren’t just using generic metaphors in speaking to the churches of the day. These were images and descriptions that were genuinely connected to each city’s geography, culture, and history during that time period. [...]
Don’t Miss the Real Event
Don’t let the hardships of pre and post journeys stop you from arriving at your destiny. Instead, let’s determine that any struggle before or after the main event is in reality a diversion, meant to keep us from participating in the ultimate performance of a lifetime, on center stage. [...]
Seasoned With Salt: Demonstrating Love in a Sea of Online Bitterness
I know—the Bible doesn’t have anything direct to say about Facebook. But it has plenty to say about the way Christians are to interact with one another and the outside world. [...]