Debbie painted a very good picture of my part of the dinner debacle but I only wish I had behaved that admirably. It is true that she blindsided me with the issue of my innocent question, but what she failed to say was it took me some time to formulate a godly response. My first …
Disclaimer: I’ve got issues. You ever read Scripture and, instead of taking conviction in for yourself, you find your eyes wide open and clear (ha!) for other people you see sinning? Reading Scripture and saying things like “I know that’s right!” or “I wonder if they have ever read THAT Scripture! MmmmHmmm!” Oh how the …
The bus bounced along, only able to reach a maximum of 35 mph as it hit every rock and crevice on the abused road. Out the window, I said goodbye to the wood and tin shacks called “homes” and the bicycles overflowing with loads of jackfruit. I already missed the chapati that had been the …
There is an ongoing spiritual battle as mentioned in Ephesians 6:10-20 and 1 Peter 5:8, where Satan would love to destroy our lives, destroy our testimonies and destroy our intimacy with Christ. I believe once a person is truly saved, we have the powerful Holy Spirit to convict us of sin, comfort us, and empower us …
My husband and I have felt a calling, a nagging if you will, to serve and move towards the people of Greene since we moved into this area. When we first moved to the area, we looked around at the churches of Greene and felt ‘this is obviously God’s country’. While, everywhere is God’s country, …
Most of us have had seasons (or will have seasons) in life where we spend time walking in the valley of the shadow of death…where life becomes difficult, hearts ache from hurts or loss and all seems dark. For some, depression and shame can be so suffocating that it seems almost unbearable. I was in …