Lie and half-truths. Cheating and manipulation. Jealous, envy and fighting. This family was so dysfunctional! Set in 2014, we would never suppose that such a family would be chosen by God for great things. No, families marked for greatness in 2014 are families who have it all together. They are accomplished and educated; free from…
It’s not that my marriage was in trouble or anything. No, nothing like that. We have only been married seven years – so we’re newbies. Add to this that when we married, Z and I were well into our 30’s and had been living on our own for more than a decade respectively. So you…
Have you fallen into the bad habit of committing Christian Cannibalism? It’s become an epidemic all over social media. So bad, in fact, that I refuse to even look at my Facebook feed any longer. Every time I turn it back on, my stomach is in knots as I scroll through and read: Posts condemning…
My formative years were spent watching Christianity swing like a pendulum. Having been born into an old-time Pentecostal home, I understood hell, fire and brimstone. I knew that women wore dresses and skirts to church, and that many believed make-up and jewelry made you the kissing cousin to Jezebel. Although my own father never preached…
The older I get the less I know. It’s really odd, because when I was in my 20s I was so profoundly wise. Or so I thought. Now that I’ve crested “the hill”, I realize how little I actually know. With age comes wisdom -for most, anyway. Part of that wisdom is realizing what a…
Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy…
