Hello GRC! It’s the middle of summer, when beach, BBQ, ice cream, and “hazy, hot and humid” are more regularly part of our vocabulary. It’s also a season when more time off, no school schedules, and fewer extracurriculars, give us extra space in our calendars. How do we use it? All for SELF? Or do we think about how to …
Biblical Hospitality (Not Entertaining) is Gospel Ministry Read More »
Two years ago, Karen Jacobsen put out a call for Sunday School teachers. I was transitioning off of Youth Ministry and still wanted to work with students but unsure about working with those below middle-school age. My heart said “yes,” but my brain said “no way.” God and Karen said to trust and to take a chance. So I took …
When we closed down my mother’s house a few years ago, I was given custody of the family Bibles. Not the family Bible, the one with records of marriages, births, and baptisms. My older sister claimed that as a birthright. I held something more dear: Bibles actually used by family members. Inside the cover of my grandmother’s Bible, she wrote …
Consider with me that our world is not one of mere utility. Our Father did not make a world of sheer functionality but of enjoyment too. More than water we have juice, more than intelligible sound we have the wonders of music and more than breathable air we enjoy pleasing fragrances, both natural and contrived. What does this say about …