Church outreach is so important because people need to know about our Jesus and how he can change lives. If all we do is stay huddled in our awesome Bible teaching churches and keep to our cozy small groups then we'll have a hard time accomplishing the great commission. We must get out into our communities and reach people where they are. This means we set aside some things ... Read More »
Messy
I freaked out and told him he should’ve married someone else.
It was a fabulous Missions Conference at our church this past week. I love it so much every year. And every year I say it's the best one. This year we decided to have the small group of Missionaries and pastoral staff over to our house for lunch. So fifteen minutes before the Missionaries get to our house for lunch I exclaimed to my husband who was frantically helping me get ... Read More »
Signs of a bad week
You know it's been a bad week when...... You call your child a butt and then realize he's most likely going to go to school and tell all his teachers and friends that his Mom called him a butt. Then they won't believe him and he'll keep arguing until he gets a detention. I should write a book called, "If you call your child a butt he'll ask for prayer at school." And by the ... Read More »
When all hell breaks loose on Sunday morning
You are not the only one whose household can go haywire on Sunday morning before leaving church. I promise. There will be time that if it can go wrong it will go wrong on Sunday - either before you get to church or on the way to church. I'm not gloom and doom girl speaking I'm just the voice of reality. So when you show up to church and the older lady in her perfectly pressed ... Read More »
A powerful question that can change the way you look at scripture
I love Margaret Feinberg because she always challenges me and stretches me in great ways through her articles, books and bible studies. A question she challenged people to ask in their personal time of Bible study back in February has been transforming my own personal study. It's pretty simple but extremely probing and revealing. So here's the question: What do you most need ... Read More »
Epic Mommy Moments
We've all had those Mommy memories that will forever be stamped in our minds. The ones we don't want to ever forget and the ones we'd pay big money to forget! Both are necessary in this journey called Motherhood. The precious memories keep us going and the hard and not fun memories make us stronger and our relationships deeper with our children. So whatever season of Motherhood ... Read More »
Blogging through the real and the hard #anxiety
I desire to be as honest as I can be in this blog space for the glory of God and building up of others. Okay, and for my own sanity because I process life many times through stringing words together and slapping them down on paper. There are things of course that I can't always share in this space for confidentiality and respect issues but I want to speak from the depths of my ... Read More »
This is the story of how karma bit me
So back in good ole college days I was in a prayer group every year with different students. Every year we'd introduce ourselves and tell one thing we would like the group to pray about. Every year I'd wig my classmates out by saying something to this degree: Hi my name is Melody. When I was young I broke my leg. We were poor and had money for the surgery or the metal rod they ... Read More »