It’s hard to believe a year has come and gone. It’s as if a flash of goodness has swooshed by and I find myself wanting to grasp it and hold it dear. Every year I try to recap experiences, your favorite posts, and try to make some kind of sense out of my last 365 days. But this year, I’m… Read More
Archives for December 2013
12 books that encouraged me in ’13.
I’m not an avid book reader by nature, but I’ve learned over the years that the knowledge those bound papers hold are priceless. Not to mention the encouragement that leaps off the pages into your soul. I tried to raise my reading game this year. In doing so I found some books that have molded and changed my life. I’m… Read More
it’s about what you don’t know.
And did you know . . . Mary had no idea her cousin Elizabeth was with child until the angel revealed it. Often, what we don’t know is more than what we do know. As we meet with family and friends over the next few weeks may we be mindful that there is much we don’t know. There are stories… Read More
a night on the streets and christmas miracles.
The true spirit of Christmas is found when you serve others. It feels like Christmas. There is such a stirring of excitement racing through my soul. Tonight a big group of friends will hit the streets to bless others. We’ve prepared and now to see . . . As a cold weather has settled in hopefully, Christmas on the Streets, is happening at… Read More
4 truths about the ghost of christmas past.
Have you seen the movie or read the book “A Christmas Carol?” I was reminded of my past recently as I listened to two men give testimony to their former way of life — prison gang members. Then as our evening broke up, I had opportunity to pray for two young ladies. It was evident their pasts were haunting them…. Read More
you can know there is a purpose when god is silent.
Do you ever feel God is silent? Not there? Unseen? Maybe you are there now. You seek and search, yet no answer. You might feel Him stirring and moving your heart, but no real breakthrough. Oh I’ve been there, and I can tell you . . . Silence is Oh. So. Awkward. During this Christmas season as we look at silence,… Read More