The clock may say zero, but the game goes on. If you’re a soccer fan, you know that a game isn’t over until the referees blow their whistles. Unlike basketball in which the play-clock stops when the ball goes out of bounds or for substitutions and other stoppages of play, in soccer, the play-clock never … Continue reading You’re Responsible for Growing in Holiness
Category: Spiritual Growth
How Can You Have a Quiet Heart in a Noisy World?
Ping! You receive a “breaking news” notification. Another school shooting. Sighing, you open your phone and read the story. Tears fill your eyes as you learn about the victims of such a senseless crime. Ping! Another notification. A friend just texted you asking what time you’d like to meet for dinner. You begin your response. … Continue reading How Can You Have a Quiet Heart in a Noisy World?
Time: A Most Precious Commodity
October 21, 1985. A date that will live in…infamy? Okay, maybe not infamy, but box office glory, to be sure. In case you didn’t recognize it, October 21, 1985 is the date Marty McFly must get back to in order to get “back to the future” in the film of the same name. The Michael … Continue reading Time: A Most Precious Commodity
What Martha’s Problem REALLY Was
I doubt many stories in the Bible are more relatable than the account of Mary and Martha. However, the character with whom I relate has changed over time. As a kid, I heard the story, convinced that I would never struggle like Martha. Of course Mary did the right thing! Who would want to work … Continue reading What Martha’s Problem REALLY Was
The Dying Fruit of Patience
“I can’t wait to have patience, cuz patience is a wonderful thing! Hurry up, let me have, gotta get it now; I want it more than anything!1” Those words, sung on a cassette tape I had as a kid, still accurately describe my life. I hate waiting for anything. And, thankfully, I don’t have to … Continue reading The Dying Fruit of Patience
Escapism Is the Enemy of Endurance
Remember the fable of the Tortoise and the Hare? As I remember it, it goes something like this: An easygoing tortoise challenges a cocksure hare to a footrace. Certain of an easy win, the hare agrees. At the sound of the starting gun, the hare sprints out to an insurmountable lead, while the tortoise moseys … Continue reading Escapism Is the Enemy of Endurance
Rock-Picking Spiritual Growth
“If I never see another rock again, it will be too soon.” My husband and I, along with four other sponsors and sixteen teenagers took off earlier this summer for northeast Ontario to assist in the landscaping of an up-and-coming Bible camp that will minister primarily to kids on First Nations reserves in Canada. Just … Continue reading Rock-Picking Spiritual Growth
Breaking Gender Stereotypes to the Glory of God: What Now?
God has a sense of humor. Do you believe that? I do. While I could give many reasons for this (Exhibit A: the duckbill platypus), I really need to look no farther than my own home. Going against the grain of “normal,” my husband and I opted not to find out the gender of either … Continue reading Breaking Gender Stereotypes to the Glory of God: What Now?
Prepare Your Heart for Pride Month
So far, 2025 has been a decent year for conservatives on the LGBTQ front, hasn’t it? From the President’s executive order that the US government will acknowledge only two genders to the UK’s Supreme Court decision defining woman as based on biological sex in regards to the Equality Act, it seems that maybe sanity is … Continue reading Prepare Your Heart for Pride Month
The Scariest Verse in the Bible
A list of the Bible’s scariest verses might look something like this: "On that day many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, and do many miracles in your name? ' "Then I will announce to them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, … Continue reading The Scariest Verse in the Bible
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