Step Inside
Do you enjoy meandering your way through a Bible story, pretending to be a different character each time you read it? Maybe I’m just weird that way. Different perspectives help us learn new things while we’re there. Take for instance the shepherds out in the field keeping watch over their sheep at night. Smelly. Dirty. […]
What the World Needs Now is …
What do the Assemblies of God, Baptists, Church of Christ, Methodists, and others I may not know about have in common besides Jesus? Many things – but this past Saturday it was Christian Women’s Job Corp. Pure devotion describes the effort Sheila Banks puts forth to create a program designed to instruct, counsel, encourage, and […]
Wanna Play a Secret, Stress-Relieving Game?
Can you believe it’s December already?!! If your to-do list refuses to shorten no matter how fast your feet run, why not join me in making December a little kinder for everyone. I know. I know. You’re up to your neck in Christmas cards, gift buying, coordinating family events, and grocery lists. You don’t have […]
Which of These is Not Like the Others?
If you’ve had preschoolers in the last thirty years you probably know way too many Sesame Street songs; like this one: “One of these things is not like the others. One of these things doesn’t belong.” If you had to, could you tell me which one of these four is not like the others? If […]
Heard You Are Writing A Book!
Good quotes long to be displayed – either in public view or in the mind. They hope they are sticky enough to adhere to the walls of our brains in such prominent places that we can’t ignore them. This one caught my eye because of the picture behind it. Your eyes may have gone straight […]
Lost
My grandfather’s name was Russell, but to his grandchildren he was Russy. Going to Sears with my grandfather rated in my book. He believed they had the best of all things mechanical because they guaranteed their tools for life. On one particular outing, as he scanned the shelves for some sort of gadget, my four-year-old […]
You Were Made for More
I’ve bumped into some familiar reasoning so many times lately that I decided to slow down and think it through. Just what do people really convey when they say, “That’s just the way I am” or “That’s just the way God made me”? Ever heard or said that? It seems those are just excuses for […]
Go Ahead – Make God’s Day!
After more than a year, the Ellis clan is together. Our little Benjamin is enjoying the benefits of being chosen, pursued, and redeemed. It will be a few years before he realizes the tremendous love that motivated his parents’ hard work and sacrifice. For now, he’s just enjoying mandarin oranges, toy trucks, and cartoons. Learning […]
Are You Overwhelmed?
If you saw the movie Facing the Giants, you might remember a scene near the end when Coach Grant finds out he’s going to be a father. He had just turned a potluck football team into state champions by teaching them to honor God in everything. He’d been given a brand new truck and a […]
Teach Us to Listen
Children’s brains fascinate me. They develop at such high speed their mouths can’t keep up. When a child tells a story it can take days for him to finish. He “sees” the story in his mind, but arranging his knowledge in a logical, understandable format is grueling. What comes out is “uh”, “and then”, and […]
