This month I want to explore a sector of homelessness we don’t think about when discussing the unhoused. Foster care is truly finding homes for children to live. That means these children are not going to have a place to sleep unless a family takes them in. They are also unable to care for themselves.
Read MoreGone. Eighteen years of work gone. In fact, you can multiply that by four. Seventy-two years of work gone. Eighteen years per child. Sixteen years of high school homeschool documentation totaling more than at least ninety-six separate documents.
Read MoreWith God things take time, but we want instant gratification. God takes His time, but it is so much better. I was on Facebook Dating for three months, before I swiped right on this wonderful man. I have some stories of that experience.
Read MoreIn this same way, we recognize we have a sovereign God who sees evil and is a righteous judge. He will deal with all of these scenarios, so we don’t need to become stressed about how the story ends. God knew beforehand that a war would come. He is Sovereign.
Read MoreAs each of us read this I wonder how we can carry this very same generosity, courage, and love into our own corners- our homes, families, and spheres of influence. With His grace we can!
Read MoreMost shelters are specialized. Consider looking at the homeless shelters in your area. Make a list to give to someone that you might encounter who doesn’t have housing.
Read MoreIn today's world, living a Christian life has become a very gray area - each church and even each individual finds his/her own way to interpret the Bible - from one verse, you can get hundreds of different religions and personal beliefs. So, how do you know which one is right? How do you know if something is a sin? For example, is TV a sin? Movies? Sports? Some say there are, others scoff and say Jesus really doesn't have an opinion on the topic.
Read MoreIn that moment, I saw a lot of hypocrisy. We were judging men for visually viewing explicit content. While simultaneously becoming a society who jokes about the explicit content that women are reading on a daily basis. All over television and internet, we are seeing jokes about the content of books that women are consuming all the time.
Read MoreBut God used this moment to remind me that we are all broken, even if it looks different for each of us. It doesn’t matter whether we are hopeless, with our lives shattered into hundreds of small pieces, or feel incomplete because we are dealing with big things that have shaken us.
Read MoreDoxology, from the Greek doxa, meaning glory, and logos, meaning word. Taken together, one could interpret this as a spoken word of praise. With my liturgical heritage, Doxology was beautifully woven through our church service and even extended into fellowship meals following the service.
Read MoreElisabeth’s initial story of fame was not their dating or marriage. Rather, it was what she did upon Jim’s death. She forgave the people who killed him and went to live among them with her children. This tribe came to truly know Jesus’ love through her.
Read MoreI would be very afraid. But after being swallowed by the fish, Jonah repents in prayer and is expelled by the large whale. He gives his message of doom and destruction - and to his surprise, the Ninevites repent in sackcloth and ashes (3:5-9). God relents the disaster he said he would bring upon them, and this makes Jonah extremely upset.
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