Do you feel the pain of your pride? The insidious, creeping thoughts, “Did they notice that I was cleaning the church bathrooms?” “Why don’t people…
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In Training
I grew up in the 60s in a small town in the Midwest. As I recall, we had no organized sports for girls and only…
View More In TrainingServing with Thanksgiving
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of…
View More Serving with ThanksgivingSecure in Being a Sinner
A preacher I heard once said that the older he gets the more he realizes how much of a sinner he is. I can relate…
View More Secure in Being a SinnerShepherds Need Therapy
I was folding laundry on my bed, tears slowly rolling down my cheeks as I listened to a podcast. The women I was listening to…
View More Shepherds Need TherapyNot Famous, but Faithful
If you ask me what tool I cannot do without in my kitchen, it’s my cast iron skillet. There is something so comforting about having…
View More Not Famous, but FaithfulLessons from my Cat
When Jesus taught His disciples, He often spoke in parables. It seems that He still speaks to me through events in my life, similar to…
View More Lessons from my CatServing Freely, Serving Simply
God calls us to serve even when it is uncomfortable. He takes us out of our comfort zone and places us right in the middle…
View More Serving Freely, Serving SimplyService as a Mindset, Not a Checklist
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a checklist for each given day? Then you could just know exactly what God wanted you to do…
View More Service as a Mindset, Not a ChecklistUnclogging the Toilet
“Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around…
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