When did you post your last selfie? Count your followers? Look at statistics at how well you are doing on social media? When did you silently stroke your ego, offer yourself private compliments about how “good” you are, or how well you are doing… When was the last time you tried to show the world, you […]
When You Feel No Peace. UNITE Link Party
I am not sure what state we were in. One of the thirty-two we had traveled in that blue, seventies van; carrying a refrigerator, four beds, and my family. We drove as open roads took us to places I had only heard of; The Gulf of Mexico, Grand Canyon, Custer’s Last Stand, and Mount Rushmore…. Across […]
What Does It All Mean?
“I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.” (John 10:11) “Good” meaning… “Fair”, “of it’s own natural excellence”, and “in the moral sense, beautiful and noble”. And yet, many wonder if He is good? We see the state of the world, the state of hearts, those leaving and betraying one another….And […]
Titus, the Cat, & the Hole In My Neighbors Back Yard. UNITE Linky
We talked to each other from across the chain-link fence. Mostly making silly sounds, and seeing if the other would mock or repeat them. I was maybe six, blonde-hair….Even then, eyes seeing distant lands. Doug? Seven-ish. One day, Doug, from across the fence, found a shovel his dad had left in a pile of dirt, in […]
40 Short World-Changing Truths from the Conference
Different states, different denominations; women doing different kinds of ministry all gathered together in one place, that was this year’s Missional Women Conference. My daughter and I had the privilege of flying to Denver for the 2016 Missional Women Conference. We met so many beautiful ladies; women flying in from Buffalo, pregnant moms, post college students, […]
Why We Must Stoke The Fire When the World Speaks Doom. UNITE Linky
“I vote for no one.” American voter’s attest. An orphan in China just lost his liver donor. He is already sick, and needs his surgery soon. A popular preacher spouts, “Many middle aged people are losing their fire. They’re spreading fear, poisoning the next generation with their doubt and apprehensions.” We hear the nay-sayers all around, […]