This is going to sound strange, but I want to say thank you to someone out there who was praying for me this morning. You were heard, and the Lord Jesus is good! Over the past few weeks, I had…
This is going to sound strange, but I want to say thank you to someone out there who was praying for me this morning. You were heard, and the Lord Jesus is good! Over the past few weeks, I had…
I might seem like I have no respect for the pastoral office or other leadership roles within the church. I admit that I have a hard time with that, but I think my difficulty stems from the abuse of these…
I’m feeling a bit heart-broken lately, y’all. I want to kind of pour my heart out to all five or so of you who will read this 🙂 Words are hard sometimes, you know? Some situations are complicated, and trying…
It seems to me that Jesus has a soft spot for the underdogs, the rejected, those cast out or oppressed, and so on. It seems to me that Jesus stands by those who meekly and humbly follow him, those who…
Good people want to be led and power-seeking people want to lead. Not always, but that is a general rule throughout all of time. People who are good at being led and conforming to social pressures do well in school,…
Christians need one another, and I see this in my life very often. I want to say how thankful I am for my brothers and sisters in Christ. We are a body in Christ, right? One of us might have…
Does Jesus love someone because they believe in a certain teaching or belong to a certain denomination of Christianity? I’ve been thinking about my own Christian journey, one of lukewarm faith to dangerous zealousness–a zeal to my own detriment, mostly.…
It feels good to make others feel good. It’s nice to see a smile on someone’s face when you give a kind word or compliment, and sometimes these small things can help people along who are having a bad day.…
We’re all just a little bit off our rockers, aren’t we? Sure, some of us are more so than others. Some of us might even pass as “normal.” Whatever that is. I was just thinking about what a mess I…
I’m often astounded at how easily I become overwhelmed with things. Even little things. I tend to over-think and sometimes I create problems in my own mind that aren’t even there! I was just sitting and thinking about this, and…