Refreshing Faith
Last week I enjoyed speaking at the Knowing God January Luncheon on “Seize the Day! Live With Purpose.”
Bible teacher Ken Boa said the Apostle Paul only had two days on his calendar—Today and That Day when he’d see Jesus. To live with purpose we need to follow Paul’s example and live in the present with an eye to the day we’ll see Jesus.Continue Reading
I looked at caller id and felt a shadow of foreboding. My sister never called on Sunday afternoons. Was something wrong?
“There was an incident at the lake,” she said. “Jon’s gone.”Continue Reading
Being a woman with the spiritual gifts of teaching and leadership, when the Lord called me into ministry I ran into Christian leaders who believed the Bible confined women to the nursery or the kitchen. Worse, as a counselor, I met women whose pastors stood behind their abusive husbands. Such misunderstanding and misinterpretation of Scripture has harmed many in the body of Christ, and not just women. Continue Reading
It started off like an ordinary day. No one predicted the horror and heroism that would unfold September 11, 2001. This week marks the twentieth anniversary of 9/11. Do you remember where you were when you heard? Let’s look back and apply the experience to today.
“Tomorrow’s September 11,” I told our daughter on the tenth anniversary.
“I know. I hope we don’t get any weird calls.”
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Did you know our center answered the flight attendant’s call that day?”
My daughter works for American Airlines. She considered what it would be like to receive a call from a plane hijacked by terrorists on a suicide mission. The thought sobered us.
Airline agents weren’t trained how to handle calls taken from hijacked planes. Like many tragedies, this one seemed to hit without warning.Continue Reading