When we think of meditation, we may think of many things. Yoga. New Age. Chants. Perhaps even nothingness. Many Christians might be turned off by meditation, because of these things. And it is too bad, because meditation is perhaps one of the oldest spiritual practices of reading Scripture as recorded in the Bible. [Tweet “Meditation […]
Devotional Reading of the Bible: Reading...
Of all the spiritual practices we can engage in on our walk with God, none aside from prayer is quite as obvious as reading the Bible. We begin to be exposed to it in our earliest days of Sunday School and continue to learn from it as we come to church on Sundays. I remember […]
We are all Being Changed – What is Chang
My kids love Power Rangers. I didn’t even know Power Rangers were still around until my kindergartner came home from school obsessed with them. It turned out playing Power Rangers was the thing to do on the playground and my son was not going to miss out on that. So, I let him watch some. […]
The Two Books Preparing Me for 2017 {I h...
If you have been following me on Instagram or Facebook, you may have seen some posts lately about books I LOVE. They include Holy Listening with Breath, Body, and the Spirit by Whitney R. Simpson and Sacred Ordinary Days: Liturgical Planner. I want to share them with you, because I think they could be tools […]
Utopia? :: {with Natalie Eastman on Mama...
There are few things more important to me than studying the Bible. I know I have spent little time actually discussing the process of studying scripture here on this blog, but for five years teaching people how to study the Bible was my job. My passion. I believe that studying the Bible is the most […]
As I Felt Discouraged this Week :: Jesus...
Tim and I were fighting, again. I don’t remember what we were fighting about, but I do remember the feelings. I remember my gut churning because once again we were not communicating well. I remember my heart racing and palms sweating, because “what if we can’t find our way out of this one?” I remember the heaviness settle […]
How this Perfectionist is Picking Hersel...
I am a perfectionist. A perfectionist who doesn’t want to do anything wrong, fears others showing me my failures, and who is constantly aware of what I could do better. I am tempted to define myself by my behavior, my finished to do list, or my perfect children who eat, sleep, and produce according to […]
God doesn’t use sticker charts.
Day 3 of 31 Days of Connecting I have been potty training my kids for what seems like an eternity. They each have sticker charts and when they receive a certain number of stickers, they win a prize. The charts point towards the goal – put your waste where it needs to go. But my […]