My daughter’s 15th birthday is around the corner. She has grown up fast in her first year of high school. She attends public school here in Southern California and her freshman year was eye opening. The first month of school at the tender age of 14 she witnessed a friend…
Read moreRemember the famous stories of Moses freeing the Israelite slaves from Egypt and bringing them across the Red Sea into the desert where they met with God? I’ve been thinking recently how their journey from slavery into the promised land often mirrors our own personal walk with Christ from slavery…
Read moreHave you ever believed in something strongly only to find out later on you were wrong? Have you ever supported a leader, an authority figure only to find you were following the wrong person or that leader lead you astray? Christ has returned to his Father and Peter is now…
Read moreVulnerable. Alone. Weathered. Standing strong. These are just some of the words that come to mind every time I see this tree out in the middle of a large field in Cades Cove, TN (a part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park). It’s big, it has withstood the tests…
Read moreI love gardening! Every year my sweet family takes me out shopping for Mother’s Day for flowers…. the “dirt kind”, NOT the “vase kind.” This year I found some beautiful rose bushes, which reminded me of a lesson God taught me several summers ago that centered around rose bushes. Andrew,…
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