#1 – Love God
Do you remember seeing this poster several years ago? Maybe it loomed over you in your classroom, or perhaps your mother posted it prominently in your bedroom. Mine hung in my fifth grade classroom just to remind my gaggle of forgetful ten-year-olds of the things they were supposed to already know. You know, things like: Share […]
An Aha Moment!
I love those aha moments. You know, those times when something you don’t know, but should have known, gets revealed to you. Like the time many, MANY years ago when my daughter realized a billfold is called a billfold because it folds bills. Or that “bye” is not the name of a team who never […]
What I Learned From Homeschooling My Grandchildren
Today marks 58 days my daughter Jennifer has been in Baltimore with my three-year-old grandson Benjamin. (In case you’re new to Perfection Road, Benjamin was adopted from China and needed a highly invasive surgery to repair his bladder. The best doctor for the job was Dr. John Gearhart at Johns Hopkins Hospital. To say Dr. […]
#2: Looking Past the Hood Ornament
(Email viewers, click here for video introduction to today’s blog post.) Hope you watched the video introduction to today’s message. For the next few weeks we’ll be taking advice from some guys who enrolled themselves in God’s school of hard knocks. I hate when that’s the only way I seem to learn valuable lessons. What […]
Variety Among Christians
My husband and I travel a good bit. Our favorite places are those with natural beauty. Snow-capped mountains. Glistening lakes. Foliage in all shapes, sizes, and colors. White, sandy beaches stroked over and over again by crystal clear water. It’s the variety of God’s handiwork that keeps us amazed. Visiting a variety of churches keeps […]
Are You Living a Dog’s Life?
Cold weather is not my friend. I’m a wimp when it comes to north winds and below freezing temperatures. I’d rather work up a good sweat in 90-degree heat any day of the week. So, driving up to my front yard, full of the neighbor’s trash on a morning cold enough to cancel school, did […]
Do You Need Some Assurance?
Your response to last week’s blog opened my eyes to something we all seem to be craving. Blessed assurance. If ever we needed to hear, “It’s going to be okay”, it’s now. Remember that old Fannie Crosby hymn? “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine. Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of […]
Thank You
What was it about children that Jesus thought we should imitate? They run around with dirty faces without a care, cry unashamedly when they are sad, erupt with laughter by the smallest tickle, and expect someone else to take care of their snotty noses. But Jesus said, “Unless you change and become like little children, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mission Impossible?
What images do the words “Mission Impossible” bring to mind? Do you immediately start hearing the thumps of a theme song? Maybe you older ones remember Peter Graves as Mr. Phelps, while the younger crowd thinks of Tom Cruise. No doubt you remember a perfectly manicured hand striking a match and lighting a fuse that […]
Satan’s Stinky Breath
Satan, the dragon of evil, often rears up on his back legs and blows some hot, stinky breath all over us, doesn’t he? At times he scorches our sails and threatens to tip our boatload of peace. However, time in the Word reminds us that God doesn’t allow Satan to give us more than we […]
Have-to to Want-to
One of the Bible teachers I listen to online is Buddy Bell from the Landmark Church in Montgomery. In his sermon last Sunday, Buddy told a story I had heard before, but after this last round of book writing it sunk deep into my heart. The story goes like this: A woman married a man […]
You’re A Somebody!
Britain’s new heir to the throne recently arrived by way of Prince William and Kate Middleton. He will, no doubt, receive all the benefits of royalty. He has become and will continue to be one of the most famous children in the world. Do you think it’s because of anything he has done? No, he […]
Have A Little Faith (and Tim)
We talked about it on the way to Nashville. Would Faith show up to sing with Tim at the Tim McGraw/Kenny Chesney Brothers of the Sun Tour? After all, it was a short trip from their home, she’s his wife and she does sing pretty well. We both hoped she’d sashay on over for at […]
