I have heard it said that “God is a gentleman.” I am not sure who said it or the context in which it was first said, but I think it was in terms of how God responds to us in that he doesn’t force us to be in relationship with him. Rather, he is patient…
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Can the Heart be Disciplined?
Emily Dickinson once wrote, When the Best is gone, I know that other things are not of consequence, The Heart wants what it wants, or else it does not care… I’ve toiled and fretted much this year over my lack of discipline; yet, after six months of striving, discipline remains just beyond my reach. This…
Conversations with Grace
O to Grace how great a debtor, daily I’m constrained to be! Let Thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to Thee. I love the hymn Come Thy Fount of Every Blessing. Each line of every verse is so perfectly scripted to speak to my heart in specific seasons. Tonight I was overcome…
Experienced Not Required
Before I had my own baby, I didn’t have any experience with babies. I am an only child and I never really baby sat growing up. One time in high school I baby sat for two kids who were just about 5 years younger than me… we played Super Mario Bros while their parents went…
How To Name A Baby (How We Did At Least)
I wrote a post earlier this year about baby names. At the time, we didn’t yet know if we were team PINK or team BLUE. Since then we have learned and confirmed that we are having a precious baby girl due in exactly two months! Of course we were tickled pink (haha) to learn that…
What could the Church learn from Facebook?
I was recently in a meeting where a top leader at my church made a very interesting comment: “Our congregation is probably a lot larger than we think. If the average church-goer attends twice a month, our numbers could be double what we think they are.” Another top leader made a similar comment: “If everyone…
Is Life Meaningless?
I have spent some time in Ecclesiastes lately and have been wondering, is it true that there isn’t anything new under the sun? Is all the flurry of activity in life, particularly in my own life, meaningless vanity? I am wondering if the things that fill my life are placed there by me or placed…
My personal 9-11 Remembrance
Last year I wrote about what life was like before and after 9-11 for me. I was working on Capitol Hill that day and the feelings and images of people evacuating (running for their lives) and smoke billowing from the Pentagon still settle in on my mind on the anniversary of 9-11. This year, my…
Thoughts on Silence and the Idea of Having a Voice…
Ive made no secret of the fact that I have lost my voice. On Sunday it started to get bad and on Monday I woke up totally speechless. This has really been tough for me because I looooove to communicate! While I do use several different mediums for communication, good old fashion verbal communication is…
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