With election rhetoric heating up, more and more voices clamor to tell us what to think, believe, and do. The rhetoric reminds me of cupcakes. Fluffy, appealing appearance, frosted with a little truth, but loaded with sprinkles—promises mixed with lies….
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God’s Awesome Words, Unexpected Actions
Do you have a Bible verse that keeps you going despite everything? Isaiah 64:3-4 is mine. By the end of this blog, maybe it will be yours, too. At the least, I hope it inspires and encourages you….
How Snafu’d Bible Communications Speak to Us Today
I’m so glad the Bible records communication snafus. It makes me feel better about mine….
How to Be Kind to your Soul
Kindness seems to be in short supply these days. COVID + political mudslinging + family stressors + financial woes has created a perfect storm, sucking kindness into its vortex like Dorothy’s house in The Wizard of Oz….
How to Guard your Faith with the Names of God
Tessa Afshar, one of my favorite Biblical fiction authors, was recently featured in the pilot of Morning Star Bright Lights, a podcast sponsored by an independent Christian bookstore on the East Coast. The host closed by asking Afshar what word she would give to their listeners. Without hesitation, she replied, “We have to guard our faith.”…
Freedom from Anxious-for-Nothing Syndrome
Writers often suffer from “imposter syndrome.” Self-doubt and a sense of intellectual fraudulence override feelings of competence, despite external proofs otherwise. Christians often suffer from imposter syndromes, too. A particularly damaging one is “anxious-for-nothing syndrome.”…
Why Shattered is Still God’s Whole
What do you picture when you hear the word “shattered”?…
Promises Spoken Through Darkness
For the third time in as many days, storms dominate my local weather. Winds tug trees into writhing dances and scuttle slate clouds across the sky….
When God’s “Yes” is Murky
Last week I got an affirmation from God. But I’m not sure what to do with it….
When Doing Right Gets Old
Do you ever get tired of doing the right thing?…
