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War on weeds
One of the fun experiences I had this summer was a lovely Saturday morning spent visiting six beautiful private gardens, all part of our town’s garden club “tour”. From my vantage point, every garden on this tour was amazing. These gardens looked their best – the flowers well-placed, buoyant and colorful, the mulch perfectly applied,…
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The fear of finishing
I consider myself an average runner. Not a star runner by any means, but a middle of the road, ten minute miler who can comfortably finish a 5K in about 30 minutes, give or take a few seconds on either side. I started running later in life, in college. So, the first time I entered…
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A lamb’s place
I love analogies, especially biblical ones, because they give me a picture that sticks with me. I have found that the Bible is full of analogies – word pictures – from old testament to new, and, more than just flowery poetry, they communicate deeply, to the heart. Sometimes biblical analogies and the events of life…
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Recognizing the Source
It’s that quality of curiosity that sparks questions like, “where did you get that?” In junior high, it wasn’t enough to admire one of my friend’s outfits…I had to know where it came from. A pair of designer jeans, purchased in a cool (and more expensive) store like Mickey Finn’s, held more value for me…
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Follow or Come?
It struck me last night that there is a difference in following and coming. I have heard those two words used to denote differences between saved (following Jesus) and unsaved (the invitation to come to Jesus). However, those two words – follow and come – are both used to describe Jesus’ disciples. Simon Peter and…
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What about…tomorrow?
“The next moment is as much beyond our grasp, and as much in God’s care, as that a hundred years away. Care for the next minute is just as foolish as care for a day in the next thousand years. In neither can we do anything, in both God is doing everything.” – C.S. Lewis…
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All that I have commanded you
The room was very quiet when the guest speaker, Dr. Chris Mitchell from Wheaton College, started to unpack what the Great Commission is about. Matthew, in verse 20, wrote that Jesus told his disciples to teach the nations to “observe all that I have commanded you.” It is ironic that Dr. Mitchell was “preaching to…
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Perception
Try some reminiscing with one of your siblings. Just pick out a story from your childhood years and throw it out for conversation. I am the oldest daughter in a family of four, and I have done this, talking about events of childhood with my sister, who is the youngest of the four. How my…
Consider the Lilies 
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