I'm scrolling through Instagram when I wake up this morning and come across a hashtag that gets my mind rolling. #wordbeforeworld . Now, this isn't the first time I had seen the hashtag. I have seen @wellwateredwomen posting it for several days now. But it was the first time I stopped and took note. What …
How Else Will They Know?
My brother and I used to do these goofy plays. Don't think Shakespeare in the living room. This was more like SNL. Anyway, the big ending to one of our plays was, "Somebody must tell them!" said very dramatically to the audience with great pause. (Then my brother would say, "The Meme!" which we thought …
Affirm Their Worth
So, what is this common courtesy business? Well, I consider it a spiritual discipline. In fact, this spiritual discipline is more difficult for me than prayer, fasting, Scripture reading, hospitality- anything else. When God first started working on my heart about common grace, you could feel my soul yelling, "Anything but this!" Seriously. Some people …
Common Courtesy
Common courtesy. Small talk. A smile. Giving a little of your time to make the day of a stranger a little better. On the one hand, we gravitate toward stories of the small "random acts of kindness". We post them on social media. They might bring a tear to our eye. But when it is …
Fruit of The Spirit Family Devotional: Week One: Love
Read Galations 5:22-23 at least once during the week. Read it daily if you'd like! We're wanting the kids to memorize The Fruit of The Spirit. Deuteronomy 6:4-5 is the memory verse this week. These verses are also know as the Shema Yisrael. Read these verses at the beginning of each devotion time. The goal …
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The Prayer Of Love
We do not reciprocate... hatred and contention, although [our enemies] would like it better if we did, and so sink to their own level. And how is the battle to be fought? Soon the time will come when we shall pray, not as isolated individuals, but as a corporate body, a congregation, a church; we …
Notes From the Parsonage 