I swept crumbs from under the dinner table deep in thought. Three separate sources of words – a book, a phone conversation, and a question – collided, and I puzzled through the fragmented thoughts. Maybe Christ doesn’t want codependence so much as He wants co-laborers? But I don’t even know what that means. I’m all in, God! Even if it’s…
I realized WE are the light of the world – God’s children. And I thought about matches. They don’t light until struck. And I wondered if the struggles that have struck us are God’s tool to shine more brightly through us. If our God is a consuming fire, and He is in us, we have nothing to fear: He will…
Ann Voskamp wrote the bestseller One Thousand Gifts — gratitude precedes the miracle. She highlights Jesus giving thanks before he feeds the five thousand. The Broken Way, is based on Jesus breaking the food before distributing it. My observation focuses on the two actions before either thanking or breaking…
