What are you wearing? I wonder how many times in our lives we have each said that phrase . Particularly women, want to know that they will not be overdressed or underdressed to the situation. This has most likely happened to all of us – we’ve shown up somewhere too “fancy” or too casual, which …
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Words and Confessions
Words. Twenty-six letters in our alphabet. They can be arranged to create a nursery rhyme or great works like Shakespeare produced. Letters can be put together in such a way as to inspire, or to criticize, to convey truth, or to spread falsehood. In the very beginning, the world came into existence with words, God’s words. The nothingness became …
Over All
In the information age, we want answers. The demand for information is insatiable, and we seem to want, and in many cases can get, almost instant access to news and other details about a situation, even if the news is just beginning to break. If facts are not forthcoming in a timely manner on a …
Live Out Love
“I will show you a still more excellent way” (1 Corinthians 12:31). If you have trusted in Christ, then you are a part of his Body. Like our physical bodies, this Body has many parts, but all function together, each doing its job. If one member suffers, all suffer together. This is easy to understand …
Parent or Guardian Required
Forms are a part of life, beginning in childhood. I remember all the school and medical forms of various kinds which had to be signed “by parent or guardian.” I think being adopted must have made me more sensitive to the distinction between parent and guardian, and I remember the feeling of discomfort that some …
A Long Way Off
Don’t you love it when you read a passage of Scripture and something jumps out at you that you had not noticed before? Sometimes it may be the Holy Spirit giving you that insight or it might be simply your own mind discerning more of the richness of Scripture, but either way it is a …
Deconstruction
Deconstruction. What a sad word. It implies an undoing of something that is complete and whole. Deconstructing is far easier than constructing. In my work as a pediatric occupational therapist, I often see children whom I call my “deconstructors.” They are not yet able to grasp the concept of a particular activity but will …
Surrounded
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 What does it mean to be “in Christ?” That phrase (in Christ) is used around 180 times in the New Testament, depending on the translation you use. The dictionary definition of …
