Will You Embrace the Holidays With Grace and Mercy?
The ugly political campaigning has ended but the holiday commercials have begun. I am asking questions in this blog that I hope you will ask yourself. What are we embracing during this season? Are we extending grace…
Stewardship: A Gift and Responsibility
When you hear the word “steward or stewardship” what comes to mind? Ownership or inheiritance? Care of the earth? Financial management? Biblical stewardship recognizes that everything we have and enjoy comes from and is owned by Him.…
Why Are We Filling Our Houses and Barns?
THE PROBLEM How much stuff is enough? Now in my later years my husband and I are trying to get rid of extra the extra things we have lurking in the attic and closets. And it isn’t…
Lessons From the Life of Naomi
DESTITUTE AND DEPRESSED Life was good until the famine hit. Elimelech moved the small family to Moab where there was still plenty of food. Moab and Israel shared a long mixed history of conflict and peace. After…
A Place For Soul Care
The Difference Between Quiet Time and Soul Care To keep our faith strong it is important to spend time in prayer. We should carve out time everyday to read a devotional passage from a book or read…
Trusting God in the midst of Life's Storms with Nancy Smith
