For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is (more…)
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Will You Sponsor a Child?
“Whoever welcomes one little child such as this in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me, but Him who sent Me.” – Mark 9:37
I want to write to you today about my heartbreak over the beheadings of 20 Coptic Christians. I want to write to you today about my alien-and-stranger experience at our Valentine’s Day dinner (more…)
A Day in the Life
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. – 1 Corinthians 10:31
I wake up just before the alarm goes off, and I decide it’s futile to fight, so I launch into a quick prayer time before my feet hit the ground, knowing they’ll hit the ground running. It’s a true winter’s morning (more…)
Submission vs. Subjugation
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. – Ephesians 5:22-23
Christianity demeans and subjugates (more…)
Praying When the Words Won’t Come
You’re sitting there next to someone special in your life, and the silence is deafening. It’s not that comfortable silence—the kind that comes from dropping all pretense and no longer feeling as if you need to fill the space between you with words. It’s that awkward silence that comes from much that needs to be said but an inability to express (more…)