To those of you who are joining me today after reading my devotion with Proverbs 31, welcome! For those of you who haven’t and would like to read it, click here and click on today’s devotion. So, the holiday season is here in all it’s fullness! I have resolved that this year I am going…
Silent Night. Many of us need a silent night after the heavy days we sometimes have. This week has been one of those weeks for our family. We need a night of sleeping in heavenly peace. In Priscilla Shirer’s book “He Speaks to Me”, Priscilla says, “The enemy’s goal is to keep our minds so…
Have you ever had a weekend that is good and tough all rolled into one? We sure did! Our trek to Arkansas to see Greg’s family got off to a tough start. In our excitement to make the sixteen hour trip go as fast as possible, we woke up bright and early Wednesday morning at…
I found an article tonight on the internet about the teen smash-hit movie “Twilight”. I encourage you read it at youthministry.com. I was introduced to “Twilight” last year when my 16 year old son devoured all four 500+ page books in a matter of a couple of weeks. What could possibly be that interesting? Since…
This is an article my brother Rob wrote for a site called “Hot Tips for Small Churches” found at Small Church Pastor.Ideas that work in a smaller church Rob & Jen Martin pastor the Vineyard Church inLawrence. Recently some volunteers from alocal bar helped their church in an outreach tothe community.We stumbled onto a Servant…
“Mom, you are jiggling! Why are you so happy?” Madi was concerned because I was really enjoying the worship song on the radio and she was afraid that the boy at the bus stop might see me! Today, I just feel thankful. No particular reason; just very, very thankful. God is so good! As we…