Faith Food and Yarn
Last Sunday, I had to stay home from church with our oldest daughter because she had a really horrible cough. We listened to a T.D. Jakes sermon on TV, and afterwards, she really wanted to watch Moana. We have seen this movie at least a dozen times since it first hit Netflix. While there are […] Read more…
One of my favorite things about our church is that they welcome people, open arms, “Come as you are,” and they mean it. There is no unspoken rule about how one should dress, behave, or feel, walking into our church. There is no membership rule about how long you should be in attendance to receive communion, or dedicate […] Read more…
Have you ever had a disagreement in which there was just absolutely no way of reaching a resolution? How did you go about handling that? I will be honest. My first instinct it to continue to try to explain my side (or whatever side I feel is misunderstood or misrepresented). It often turns into beating […] Read more…
Yesterday, as we walked back to the house from the car, after church, my youngest was walking slowly. It was a slightly warmer day than normal, but the winds were high, and I was urging her to move faster as I shivered in just a light jacket. She seemed unmoved by the chill in the […] Read more…
I have spent at least half of my life in competition. At a very early age, I learned how to compete with myself. This taught me a great deal of self-discipline, and it helped me to improve my basketball skills daily. When I was older, this competition spilled over to other areas of my life. […] Read more…
This is Mercy We are a society that watches a lot of television. I mean, A LOT. Some of the most popular shows on television garner more than 8 million weekly viewers. A newly popular show, This is Us on NBC, boasted 12.6 million viewers last September for their premiere. I seriously marked it in my calendar […] Read more…