ENCOURAGE - EQUIP - EMPOWER
IT STARTS HERE.
I went out to my car to drive to preschool drop off and then work. I entered the car, pressed the start button, and hear, “chu chu chu.” That’s strange. I tried again. “Chu chu chu.” Seriously?! I have places to be! Come on God, help me out here! Never mind, I’ll figure this out on my own. Maybe I need a jump?
Out my kitchen window lies a beautiful meadow and a pond. It is quite peaceful to look upon, but it is rarely quiet. Geese fly in and out, honking loudly. Predator birds are mobbed by screeching smaller birds. As I write, a rooster crows far in the distance. Mourning doves coo softly and songbirds trill, whistle and cheep.
It’s June and the beginning of summer is right around the corner. We see early spring wildflowers stop blooming, trees expanding, and the focus is slowly turning to summer vegetation. I don’t have a lot of experience gardening, but I am very interested and have even taken a class here and there to have somewhere to start when I have my own home. Something I learned recently …
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I may be a person who struggles with mental illness. You may be, too; or you may be a person who loves someone who struggles in this way… If I’m not careful, I can start to live as though ADHD, depression, anxiety, etc. are not just the result of living with a brain that feels the effects of a fallen world, but an unshakeable part of who I am. Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
While often churches commemorate it as the introduction of communion, or the Lord’s Supper, the word maundy is a direct reference to the feet washing Jesus performed. As we ponder Maundy Thursday this year, may we look again at Jesus and his mandate for us: love and service. Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
Kati Lynn Davis offers a prayer this week for those women who long to be married, “…that You would draw so near to this daughter of Yours, this little girl at heart who longs to be seen and known by someone who will love her for all that she is and all that she longs to be.” Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
This month our family said goodbye to a beautiful man who, for many years, was our patriarch. His name was Harry and he was my father’s cousin. He would have been 96 this spring. His was a good life, graced with health and a marriage of 71 years. Though I considered him a quiet man, he always found a way to make me feel loved and appreciated. Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
There is a desire at the core of each of us: To be part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to feel a true sense of belonging and feel that who we were made to be means something to those around us. We want to see the unique pieces of us designed by God work in community. Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
