How is your prayer life? I must admit that I am often ashamed of the lack of time I spend with God in prayer. Though I desire to be, I am not what I consider a prayer warrior, a person whose first response to any situation is to talk to God. I suspect many of [...]
People that know me best may sometimes describe part of my personality as “worry-wart” or “overly cautious.” I do tend to worry way too much, mainly about the safety of my family. I often also silently stress about my performance at a job or at being a mother, about living up to the expectations of [...]
With the many transitions presently occurring in our church body, it is important that we, as a congregation, pray diligently for and think seriously about the leadership of our body of believers. We just recently elected new deacons to provide guidance and service to the church; a few months ago, we added a new face [...]
Looking through my family’s vacation albums, one will find a picture of my younger sister, probably around the age of four, standing in a sea of tourists on Main Street, Disney World. Despite the excitement of rides, snacks, and shops around her, she wears a look of loneliness and desperation, the look of a lost [...]
At different stages of life, we are appreciative for varying parts of God’s character and role. For example, as a young child, it is easy to look to God as a protector, much like we understand the function of a father. He could scare away any creepy visitors in our bedrooms at night or keep [...]
