After the apostle Paul reminds Timothy of the sincere faith he had that was passed down to him from his mother and grandmother, he encourages him in 2 Timothy 1:6-7: “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on...
Lately there feels like a lot of uneasiness and angst with the ever-changing realities of COVID-19 and the election just a few days away. If I sit in my swirling thoughts for too long I can go down some random, crazy and worry-filled rabbit trails of what-if’s. ...
The one lesson I feel like the Lord keeps speaking to me about is my wanting to be in control of my own life. I’m often feel like the little girl when her mom asked her to sit down in church, she did so but responded, “I am sitting down on the outside but I’m...
I grew up listening to Steve Green, a popular Christian music artist in the ‘80s and ‘90s. My parents would play his music in the car and at home so it didn’t take long before I had all of his songs memorized. “Find Us Faithful,” one of his most popular songs, was...
Wonderment and anticipation, two words that describe my emotions after my daughter was diagnosed with Covid-19 just three days into her new college career. My mind was flooded with questions like, “How bad would she get?”, “Who else would get it?”, “When or even is it...
At the beginning of this odd COVID season I listened to a message by Kris Vallatton from Bethel Church in Redding, California. One of his major points was, “God often shows up as the opposite.” When the Israelites were in the wilderness He showed up as a...