Have you ever heard of Matthew? Like Matthew, Mark & Luke? Saint Matthew? He wrote an account of Jesus’ life. And the way he started this account was with a genealogy. Yeah, those lists of families that bore people away from the Bible. Well, this genealogy is worth reading. Usually genealogies are a list of [...]
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
I long, yes, I faint with longing
to enter the courts of the Lord.
With my whole being, body and soul,
I will shout joyfully to the living God.
Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow builds her nest and raises her young
at a place near your altar,
O Lord [...]
I think I’ve picked out the pirate’s first name.
Here’s the thing. I don’t want just a cool name. I want a name that has some meaning. I love names that have a story to them.
Amanda means “worthy of love”. Even though Amanda is a basic name, the meaning has always made it feel special and [...]
My very favorite chapter in the Bible.
1 O LORD, you have searched me
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word [...]
Still thinking about todays sermon, based on the story of Hosea and his prostitute wife, Gomer…
“But then I will win her back once again.
I will lead her into the desert
and speak tenderly to her there.
I will return her vineyards to her
and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope.
She will give herself to [...]
I told you I wanted to do a healing post soon. As I started thinking about it and as my dh and I discussed what it is we “believe” about healing, I started realizing, it’s not just about that one aspect of my faith. To say what I believe about something like healing starts with [...]
I didn’t have a pen with me at church today. I wish I did because I really wanted to take notes. This was actually a 2-parter and I missed the 1st week. (Why? Well, it had something to do with my bed and me sleeping in it. But I don’t want to get into the [...]
A few weeks ago Lydia came home from church with a magnet. It has a little heart on it and the verse, “Love God with all your heart.” Deuteronomy 6:5 (kiddo-magnet translation) I read it to her once or twice, then put it on the fridge with the 50million other magnets she has. A [...]
So, it’s Thursday and I’m just getting my sermon recap up. My no internet thing did a number on me! In fact, I wrote this whole post out on a legal pad yesterday. For real. Well, I was in the car. No, I wasn’t driving. Les was in the bank getting a cashier’s check to [...]
It’s Saturday. Obviously. I have been trying to post all day but just haven’t been able to sit down long enough. Not like anything interesting is going on. Just normal toddler-land, I guess.
Les and Lydia are outside washing the car. (As if that’s the dirtiest thing we own!) It’s nice though because I can finish [...]
