I’ve decided that summertime Fridays are a good time to bring back some of the popular posts. I don’t recall what prompted this poem. But…whatever it was, I know I needed to read it again. I pray it brings you clarity, hope, strength, and thanksgiving for the goodness of God. I also pray it encourages all of us to …
Bite of Bread Reading Plan: Think Good Thoughts All Day Long
Every summer I buy ferns to hang on my back deck and my front porch. And every summer they never grow like I hope they will. I pass other homes and wonder, “Wow… how do they grow such big ferns? They must have bought them somewhere really special or they must have a super green thumb.” But …
3 Steps to Unbusy Your Life (So you can enjoy the summer)
Summer is my favorite season. It’s supposed to be the slower season during the year, but I find it often the busiest. I like to be busy though. I’m blessed to have family from Texas visiting me this week. Our days have been filled with sand and ocean waves, seashells, and fireworks. Needless to say, there’s been too …
Do You Participate in the Divine Nature?: Doxa and Arete
“….Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption of the world caused by evil desires.” 2 Peter 1:4 This scripture has always excited me. What a promise. What would it look like for me to participate …
Bite of Bread Bible Reading Plan: Strengthen Your Faith
My dad played a big role in my faith. It wasn’t because he was a strong man of God. It wasn’t because he prayed like the great saints. It wasn’t because he directed the choir of our tiny Methodist church and sang Because He Lives every Easter. My faith is actually stronger today because somewhere through the years, my dad …