I turned on the news after hearing that major riots were going on in our neighboring city of Baltimore, MD. I watched, horrified, at the images and videos showing a city going up in flames due to injustice, abuse of control, anger, and pain. As I watched my Facebook news feed fill with articles, opinions,… Continue reading When Silence Isn’t Golden: Receiving Christ’s Call to Racial Reconciliation
Category: Spiritual Growth
You Can’t Make Everyone Happy ~ You’re Not a Jar of Nutella
I spread the rich, chocolaty spread on our homemade toast and swirled it together with peanut butter. Today my girls were getting a special treat: Nutella and peanut butter sandwiches for lunch! You’d think that I had promised them a trip to the moon with their exclamations of utter joy and happy dances, and I laughed as… Continue reading You Can’t Make Everyone Happy ~ You’re Not a Jar of Nutella
10 Simple Ways to Grow in Humility
If we are born anything, it’s not humble. We cry for attention and recognition from day one and – let’s be honest – it only gets worse as we get older. By the time we can utter one word, it is usually “No!” or “Mine,” placing our pride front and center for all to see.… Continue reading 10 Simple Ways to Grow in Humility