It’s a hooded heroin, I try to discern appropriate, as my ten-year-old plays a new video game; sword glowing, balls of light burning, releasing power. In a day where people call evil good and good evil, (Isaiah 5:20)… It is vital we recognize parenting as our primary mission. The choices we make in training won’t […]
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, […]
Getting Pulverized On The Front Lines? Ten Reasons to Stand and Fight
Drums pounding, enthusiasm rising, battle lines drawn, warriors clothing themselves in armor, charging forward toward the front lines. The momentum is contagious. Cheering, shouting, and promises of victory drives the multitude onward expectant toward the victory. However, the front lines are loud, messy. Shouting fades and all that’s seen is pain and difficulty. Doubts start trickling […]
Shattering Your Mirrors of Adversity
The walls felt like they were closing. It was as if I had come from a mountain-top experience….to swoop low, hollow, walking unexpectedly out of the rivers of freedom. And it was dark, really dark. The people I thought might have been there were gone. And sometimes you don’t really know what you have until the […]