I need a homecoming. Do you ever feel like you’ve wondered away from your true Home? I’m currently reading a book by Albert Haase called “Coming Home to Your True Self: Leaving the Emptiness of False Attractions.” I am both encouraged and discouraged. I am so often allured by the false attractions that I miss the authentic nature of my …
So I’ve been studying the book of Hebrews from the Bible and I have realized, again – but on a deeper level, how self-deceptive I am. Seriously. I thought I was over that. But apparently I still trick myself into believing that I am spiritually okay. Chapter One spells out how Jesus is the exact representation of the Father and …
The New Year brings a desire for new lives, new hearts, new adventures, and new promises. We want to be connected more, weigh less, and stop some annoying habit that we have developed over the last years. We want to be restored. Psalm 23 talks about our need for “quiet waters” and for restoration of our souls. But if we …
Transformation. I am praying that 2010 brings true metamorphosis to God’s people. I know that Scripture says that we are transformed by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12: 2) and I need that to happen to me. I need a NEW year. I’m ready. I want a year that reflects what it means to truly abide in Christ. I …
Christmas was not exactly what I was hoping for. I’m not sure if because half my family was in Kenya this year while the rest of us tried to have fun or if it was just an off year. All I know is that it was difficult. Sometimes when storms hit families the impact is unsettling. My family went through …
Merry Christmas! Have you done it yet this year? Have you fallen back into the same pattern of promising to keep the true meaning of Christmas but then yielding to the craziness and busyness and losing it again? I know. I’m there, too. So let’s get back on track together, shall we? As you read this, take a deep breath. …
I got back from a visit to Germany last Saturday. I spent a week with my brother and his family and, while I was there, saw some of France and Switzerland. This is a picture taken from Interlaken, Switzerland in the heart of the Swiss Alps. Amazing place! As we traveled around a small section of Europe in his Ford …
This is a scene from my parents’ house. Every year the mechanical Claus family, including Rudolf, relocate from the attic to the ledge above the refrigerator to bring my family a sense of familiar. Each time I see them I am reminded of previous years and all the memories that have accumulated under those animated decorations. This past Friday night, …
“O holy night, the starts are brightly shining. It is the night of our dear Savior’s birth. Long lay the world in sin and error pinning ‘til He appeared and the soul felt its worth.” The soul felt its worth. Christmas is the time when we can embrace how much value God has placed on our humanity. As we watch …