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Hidden in God

Technology has come a long way.  Just yesterday, we were warned that the afternoon might be a little dicey in Middle Tennessee with a flash flood watch and some weather.  While the extreme of what exactly might happen may not be exactly known due to extenuating factors, we had to be on alert.  Tracking the storms from the northwest and seeing the lightning strikes from the weather radars, we prepared.  As the storms approached with threats of 75 mph winds...

Interruptions

Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you is humming through my head. It’s a good thing I am not at work, the family is not around, and that the dogs don’t care–cuz I can’t carry a tune in a bucket as my Southern family would tell me.  But that song is placed on my heart this morning for a reason and I trust it for this blog. I...

“Woven Together” – a Gathering of Friends

Months ago we began dreaming of the time women could once again gather to study, sing, pray and fellowship. We dreamed of days set aside solely to focus on how we have been and are being “woven together” through our Father – a retreat (but not a retreat), a conference (but not a conference). I tend to get hung up on definitions and these two words just really caused an inner struggle. Please bear with me a moment. The word...

Baseball, The Early Church and Jesus

We like sports in our home…we don’t just like them …I would probably say we love them. I am as non-athletic and coordinated as you can get but I am a consummate fan! My husband played collegiate basketball and after a career-ending injury became the first mascot for Harding. Before college, he had to make the decision to take the basketball scholarship from a Christian university or join the Mariners farm system out of high school as a pitcher. Four...

Lessons from a Fruit Basket (For the Class of 2021)

Sometimes you have those moments where you know why Jesus tells us to be like little children… My 7 year old daughter Karis came home with a lesson she had learned in Bible from her 1st grade classroom.  Earlier that day, I had been asked to fill in to lead the Senior Blessing with our Class of 2021 girls…at that moment, the light switched flipped.   Instead of “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” (or 1st grade)–why...

Even If…In the Midst of a Fire

Am I your God?  A question I imagine our Heavenly Father asking me.  A question fitting and requires an honest answer.   This world is not our home.  But…we are here.  We are here fulfilling the purpose of glorifying our Heavenly Father. During that journey though, there will be times we may feel the pressure.  There will be times we may feel we are being pressured into a fiery furnace because we don’t bow down to the idols surrounding us. Sound...

One Year Later

As I sit in an airport delayed by snow showers in Flagstaff, I started pondering this past year.  I was in an airport almost a year to the day in Washington, D.C.  when we got the Flatten the Curve request.   A year later, I am wearing a mask, sitting six feet from my neighbor, one dose of vaccine completed, and well-versed in using apps to order takeout and groceries. I am the queen of great memes.  I was asked how...

The Chair

The Chair… this is part of a post I shared on Facebook. I did not share the complete story on social media but I will on my blog with my sisters in Christ. On social media we see people in a way in which they want to be seen.  In a blog or in a small group,we can be transparent and hopefully share our walk with others. Hebrews 11 of course, is our hall of fame of warriors for Christ,...

Story of a Friendship

Have you ever lost touch with a friend? Or, the question could be – How MANY friends have you lost touch with? Then facebook came into our lives and VOILA…friendships rekindled. What was lost has been found. A few years back one of those sweet friends came back into my life. We caught up through facebook and soon realized we were going to be in the same town and would be able to catch up in real life – face...

Love Like Jesus

Over the course of the pandemic, we watched and worshiped with several congregations over the United States.  On one particular Lord’s day, we worshiped with Kingwood here in town and Green Lawn in Lubbock, TX. Both Brother Jeff Brown and Brother Dale Mannon had the same message: LOVE LIKE JESUS.   That afternoon, Jody decided it was time to install a basketball goal in the barn.  The directions said it took four capable adults to lift it and secure it into...