Empty Pockets
Acts 3:1-10Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms…
Loving Our Hurting Friends
A few weeks ago I was talking with my counselor about how difficult it can be to ask friends for help. Sometimes there is a fear of being a “burden” on them. She helped me re-frame this thought by explaining…
Discipline of Celebration
When all the nation had finished passing over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, “Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man, and command them, saying, ‘Take twelve stones from here out of the midst of the Jordan… and bring them…
Book Review – The Waiting Room
A few months ago I stood with a friend in her kitchen and she handed me a new devotional book called The Waiting Room, by Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage. That book has become a source of encouragement that I didn’t realize…
