He Got Me with Flowers
God got me with flowers. My burning bush so to speak was wild and purple/blue, blooming along the roads and the lava rock meadows of Iceland. It was the tipping point of a multitude of times where the Lord used something unexpected to encounter me. The Bible is filled with the most surprising, fantastic, and […]
The Ups and Downs of Hand-Me-Downs
I grew up on hand-me-downs. There were the hand-me-down clothes, the hand-me-down dolls (anyone else remember old, matted doll hair that makes your skin crawl?), the hand-me-down bikes. Because my feet were the size of Goliath’s, I did mostly escape the hand-me-down shoes. I was the youngest in a family of six. By the time […]
The Value of Secondhand Faith
As a mom, I desperately want my children to have a deep, real, full, abiding relationship with Jesus. I want them to love, serve and honor him all the days of their lives. My heart’s cry is that their faith is personal and life-changing. I don’t want them to have a secondhand, “I’m a believer […]
This Week’s Theme: Secondhand
We carry with us the Good News of Jesus to our neighbors and friends, the people we serve. But they do not worship or follow us. Our relationship with the sovereign God of the universe is not secondhand. Are we feeding only off encounters others have with God? Or are we drawing near and seeking […]