Yesterday my friend Alycia and I talked for about an hour. She's starting a new therapy practice and needed some counsel about her website. I gave her some information and ideas ... but most of our conversation was about life. Alycia and I have been friends for over 30 years. We met in eighth grade when my dad joined the pastoral staff at First Baptist Church, Fairview, Oklahoma. Almost every memory I have of high school involves Alycia. We had our fair share of misunderstandings and there were ... [Read More]
How to Respond when “Love One Another” Isn’t Easy
{This post contains affiliate links. I may receive a small commission should you purchase from them.} Let's face it: "Love One Another" isn't always easy. Relationships are hard and as much as technology has given us more ways to connect, it's also given us more ways to miscommunicate or be misinterpreted. Yesterday my Sunday School class studied several verses from Romans 12: Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. ... [Read More]
Count It All Joy
[This post contains affiliate links for resources I recommend and have found useful. If you purchase through these links, I will receive a small commission at no additional cost to you.] Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4 ESV {emphasis added} This is the year I’m ... [Read More]
More Like James
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have wondered about the story behind photos like these ... I realized recently I hadn't ever explained how we came to have this precious person in our home. James is Scott's great-uncle. He is 63 and has Down Syndrome. His mother {Scott's great-grandmother} passed away in 1996 and since then James has lived with various members of the family including his sisters and cousins both here in Alabama and in Arkansas. Since July, he's been with us ... and it ... [Read More]
What Will You Stop in 2014?
January is often a month filled with starts ... new diets and exercise plans, fresh enthusiasm for spiritual disciplines, renewed commitment to important relationships, and more. But what if we also considered what we need to stop as the year begins? Join me at Not Quite Amish as I share two things I want to stop in 2014! ... [Read More]
Slow to Speak
It happened again. It always does. My mouth moved faster than my mind. And in the wreckage, hurt and sorrow and wondering when I'll ever learn. When will I finally understand? Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19 NLT Quick to listen, slow to speak. Words hurt, they cut deep. The wounds they leave may heal ... but the scars remain. Friendships that never quite regain the ease they once had. ... [Read More]
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