I’ll never forget the morning I was teaching a 4 & 5-year-old Sunday School class when one little boy and girl touched my heart in a way that still lingers around in my soul. We were doing our classic opening and I asked for prayer requests. Requests for prayer over pets, family, and school were shared. And then one little boy raised his hand and said, “We need to pray ... Read More »
Decorating for your Umbrella Prayers Event
*This post is for event planners that have scheduled an Umbrella Prayers Workshop/Event. Yay! You have your Umbrella Prayers Workshop booked and you're already thinking about ideas and ways to decorate for your event. Let me give you some ideas that might help you get started: Begin asking around for umbrellas and rain boots in good condition. You can use these in ... Read More »
The Sifter
"Learning to accept everything that sifts through the sovereignty of God's hands is the main takeaway from Job, says Lisa Harper, author of Lifeway's recent study on Job. If we trust that our God is good and he does good - even when life is really bad- hardship won't make us bitter, it will actually make us better." I love what she says later on, "Through the book Job I have ... Read More »
Teaching Your Kids To Be Happy in God
Meet Jennifer Vliet Newman, a long time friend from back in our youth group and college days. She and and her husband Jonathan have three children. They live in Ohio where Jonathan pastors their church plant Koinos Christian Fellowship. You'll love her wisdom and insight in this article. It helped me and I pray it will help you in some ways as well. This past summer I ... Read More »
Epic Bible Study Fail – no really it’s bad.
It wasn't my finest moment in leading Bible Study last night. It was our first night of a new study on Job. We had new ladies in our church attending and a missionary and a few ladies from others churches. I had prepared my heart and was excited about our first night. Tables set with cute flowers, yummy food, books handed out. We got through introductions and small group time ... Read More »
Promotion not Punitive
The book of Job has always been a bit disturbing to me but also intriguing. Job was righteous, upright and loved God. And then it was suggested by God himself as someone that satan could test to the core. The conversation between God and satan was wether or not Job loved and followed God because he was richly blessed by God or because he simply delighted in God ... Read More »
How I landed in a Laughter Yoga Class – no really!!
I never would have imagined I'd be blogging about Laughter Yoga but here I am.....blogging about my personal experience in a Laughter Yoga class that I didn't know I signed up for. I didn't even know Laughter Yoga was a thing! But truly it is. I thought I was attending a luncheon event for caregivers with some ladies in our church who are currently caregiving. From the ... Read More »
The post in which I lose friends and kids hate me
I might lose all my friends and make people very mad but I'm willing to go there in case I reach one person who could be helped by this post. To help is what I desire most in this post. Not judgement. Not alarmism. I'm not a cool parent and here's why.. Our kids are 11 and 17. Prepare yourself........they don't have phones and they don't have an Instagram or Snapchat ... Read More »