Monthly Archives: January 2014
Faith and Religion
A friend of mine and I were recently talking about the new church home her family has found. They feel very comfortable there and inspired and are excited about getting up to go to church on Sundays. The only drawback, is they can’t yet join as a family because her two teens were baptized as … Continue reading
The Back Story
A friend recently introduced me to a daily Bible reading blog called, www.#shereadstruth.com If you are looking for a way to read the Bible daily and have a meaningful message to accompany it, I highly recommend it. Right now, they are doing a series on fresh starts and they have found passages throughout the Bible … Continue reading
Symbolism of the Shell
Last Sunday at church, we renewed our vows of baptism. The pastor told us that the seashell is the Christian symbol for baptism and at the end of the service, invited us all up to get a shell and dip our fingers in the baptismal font and pray at the altar. It really was a … Continue reading
Learning to Go with It
If you read my post yesterday, then you know all about my rewarding Sabbath time yesterday. Interestingly, the calm I took the time for yesterday, prepared me for my chaotic morning today. After I dropped my daughter at school, I was planning on coming home and doing some cleaning, which didn’t get done yesterday, some … Continue reading
Obedience Can Produce Beautiful Results
Yesterday, after church, I decided to make myself observe some Sabbath time. It was rather difficult for me because it had rained for the past two days which resulted in three dogs being in the house round the clock, which resulted in numerous hair balls and muddy footprints that desperately needed cleaning up. However, in … Continue reading
Staying Crumb Free
I have granite counter tops in my kitchen. I love them because they are varied and unique. The area by the sink looks different from the area by the stove. No two slabs of granite are ever exactly alike because they come from nature and nature just doesn’t work that way. We are a lot … Continue reading
Trust the Potter
My high school freshman came home after her first day of Algebra 1, (Although it’s no longer called that; it’s now called Coordinate Algebra. Doesn’t that sound more rigorous?), and announced that she needed a scientific calculator. Her teacher told her that it was a good investment because they would use it all through high … Continue reading
Recognizing Evil
The good people of Georgia woke up to an icy, cold morning today. The temperature was a balmy nine degrees. Southereners simply aren’t prepared for this kind of cold. Many of our homes have heat pumps. Heat pumps don’t do well in frigid temps. There are probably many kids who don’t own big, winter coats, … Continue reading
One Size Fits All
My teenage daughter has a very dear friend named April. When they first became friends in the fourth grade, she was very disturbed when she told me that April didn’t believe in God. I told her she should invite April to Vacation Bible School. She did and not only did April attend VBS , she … Continue reading
What Do You Seek?
Today is Epiphany. It’s the day when the church officially recognizes the visit of the Three Wise Men or the Magi. Have you ever wondered just who these guys were and why they brought gold, frankincense and myrrh? The Magi were from somewhere in the far east like Persia or Arabia, no one knows for … Continue reading