Ready and Willing

I’m always amazed at how God works. He’s always involved in our lives, even when we don’t see Him. He’s always doing something that moves us closer to being who He created us to be. He’s either planting the seed or watering it, helping us identify His calling on our lives. [...]

Find Your Life by Losing It

My heart has been so touched lately by stories I’ve read about in the paper.  (Yes, in the newspaper!  There really is more than the usual gloom and doom state of our country and our world, thank God!)  My heart was stirred as I read about the woman who opened up her ministry, “Just Soup” [...]

Flight MTS27 Ready for Takeoff…Hello?

I welcome a guest blogger today -  my son, Toby.  From a parent’s perspective, this devo is really heartwrenching, but I’m so very thankful that Toby has such a firm grip on God.  I doubt that he’s the only twenty-something who’s going through this.  Read and be encouraged!

“Control, this is flight MTS27 ready for take [...]

Lessons Learned from Hannah

In reading over Hannah’s story in 1 Samuel 1, several things caught my eye this morning.  To re-cap her story, Hannah was one of two wives of Elkanah.  Elkanah’s other wife was named Peninnah.  Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.  Peninnah purposely provoked Hannah because she had no children, which irritated Hannah to the [...]

God of Grace and God of Glory

I had the privilege of worshiping this past weekend with some friends who attend a very old, historical Methodist Church in DE. The old structure has a small but lovely sanctuary with beautiful stained glass windows.  It’s been a while since I’ve worshiped in a church with stained glass windows and I loved ‘feeling’ as [...]

God’s Love in Action

Have you ever had one of those very rainy days when you really need to get out and run errands but what you really want to do is stay home?  It’s pouring out today.  I tried to wait it out and go when the rain let up, but then I realized the rain wasn’t going [...]