God Loves You…

Yesterday, a friend emailed me the following ”failed gospel tract:”

Ain’t it the truth?!
It all depends on how you define “wonderful plan,” doesn’t it?

Read Full Post »

Compelled by Love

… Still recovering from my 15-month ordeal (see the last post, below). Who knew I could sleep so much?
Now, on to a more spiritual topic.
I wrote a while ago about the sense that Jesus is calling me to greater intimacy, a call, I realize, that at some level I am afraid to follow.
I think one aspect of [...]

Read Full Post »

Son of Hamas Meets Son of God

A friend told me about a pretty amazing story yesterday: the son of a Hamas leader has converted to Christianity, renouncing his past.
Here’s a link to an interview with this young man: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402483,00.html
I’d read the story instead of watching the very short videos.

Read Full Post »

Checking Up on My 2008 Resolutions

A year ago, I set forth a summary of my New Year’s resoutions on the predecessor to this blog.
So, let’s see how we did. Here are the three overarching resolutions I made. I said that “I want to…
1) spend more regular time reading the Bible,
2) [spend] more time writing in my journal (my most effective way to pray when alone), [...]

Read Full Post »

The Contradiction of Christmas

Isn’t it amazing that so many people celebrate the birth of Jesus, yet reject Jesus himself? How weird is that? Even those who  accept Jesus might unwittingly reject the Jesus of the Bible:
·      The Jesus of the Bible was born in a stable, not a 6 BR house with 3.5 baths
·      The Jesus of the [...]

Read Full Post »

There’s Adultery Among Us

Our small group had a discussion about idolatry a while back.
We are studying a great book about Revelation: Discipleship on the Edge by Darrell W. Johnson. Johnson points out how the book of Revelation reflects the Biblical theme that the church is the bride of Christ. Our group discussed Johnson’s point that every time we [...]

Read Full Post »

Just When I Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse…

There’s good news.
And there’s bad news.
The good news first:
Thank you to the many who prayed for my husband’s interview (see last post: Prayer Please?). Your prayers were answered!! He had the best on site interview he’s ever had.  The folks and he had some real fellowship – it didn’t even feel like an interview. Just [...]

Read Full Post »

Prayer, Please?

Howdy, blogofriends:
I really do mean to use this space to ruminate, hopefully in such a way that you, dear readers, are revived and/or roused.
But, today, I seek prayer.
I recently reviewed (to some extent) what feels like our difficult circumstances in my post “The Job, The Interview, and the Cross.”
Well, my husband is interviewing for a [...]

Read Full Post »

Ok, Ok… I’ll Be Grateful Already

Isn’t it the case that when you least expect it, some verse of Scripture jumps up and bites you? Like this one:
Do not be anxious about anything [who, me, anxious?!], but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  Philippians 4: 6
Ok, ok. I’ll do it. I’ll pray with thanksgiving [...]

Read Full Post »

The Job, the Interview, & the Cross

So, here’s where we are at.
I am pretty much at the end of my tether re my job. I often start the day with “I hate my job.” However, after having read the Bible each AM (a few months ago, after my doubting phase, it was the only thing I knew I needed to do regularly), [...]

Read Full Post »

A Moment of Grace

I had one of those moments recently, a few words that encouraged me greatly.
Within 13 hours of returning home from our holiday at sea (literally: a cruise), I was on my way to spend three days trying to sell my company’s product at a trade show.
For me, sort of like taking needles to my eyes.
I am not [...]

Read Full Post »

Buy The Prodigal God Now!

…and tell me what you think.
I’ve been out of town, but the first chance I have to get the book, I will.  I just bought the book and started reading it: you should, too!
Check it out at Amazon or on its own website.
Having heard several sermons by author Tim Keller on the subject, I can [...]

Read Full Post »

Longing for the End

Ooooh. That sounds ominous!
I e-wrote this to a friend today:
One thing really encouraged me from a Tim Keller sermon on Hebrews recently [(our small group is studying Hebrews and listening to the sermons, too)]. I long so much for [my husband] to get “fixed,” for life to improve (sometimes these days I ONLY want pain relief and could care less about sanctification [...]

Read Full Post »

Coming Here to See Julie Andrews

I was wondering why so many people were interested in reading the post I wrote when I first began my bout with doubt.
I started to worry: I don’t want folks reading about all the doubts without reading how I dealt with them.  I didn’t want to discourage folks on the brink of doubt. I tried to redirect readers [...]

Read Full Post »

How Not to Get Divorced (some thoughts from a Christian perspective)

I read somewhere on someone’s blog a discussion about finding “the one,” the perfect soul mate, the right choice so that we can live life happily ever after.
Forgive me for my cynicism, but I am not sure that the point of marriage is to live happily ever after. I wonder: if more Christians got a different point of marriage, would there be less [...]

Read Full Post »