Have you experienced the need for balance in your life? Does it seem that it’s impossible to reach? Do you question if balance is even possible or good? I’ve asked that same question, and I’ve come to the conclusion that balance is essential to live healthy, productive lives, but it isn’t always pretty. As we embark on a new year …
Your Prayers Have No Expiration Date
I’ve been praying for something for a long time. It’s probably been thirty years or so, give or take a few. Honestly, it’s been such a long time, I’ve often given up. But once in awhile something stirs the ache, and I find myself praying the same petition again even though I’ve even prayed for God to take this desire …
If You Struggle with Loneliness at Christmas: Three things to do
If Christmas is the loneliest time of the year for you, you are not alone. Not only does a Google search reveal that half a million elderly adults will find themselves alone this holiday, other articles write of the millions of singles who struggle with the holiday too. The weird thing about being lonely is you can be feasting on …
God Makes No Mistakes, Even In Suffering
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 2 …
Preparing Our Hearts to Worship this Christmas Season
A LONG time ago (when I was in college) two women came to the tiny Methodist church where I worked as a youth pastor, and they taught me how to worship. Their instruction would affect my life for years to come. The message was simple: “Worship God intentionally everyday in every mundane detail whether you feel like it or not.“ …