When I was a very small girl, Dad and I went on a carnival ride. They called it the Octopus. Maybe you’ve heard about it and its ridiculous tentacles. I was terrified throughout the ride, but the end is most indelibly impressed in my memory. I remember lying on my back as the ride came …
NT 11:4 – Not For The Faint of Heart
Week 11: James and the Fatherless Day 4: Not for the Faint of Heart (James 1:6-8) What does faith look like in an orphan ministry? The circumstances surrounding faith are rarely pretty. They are rarely simple. But somehow, they always seem to suddenly break out into something glorious, like a brilliant sunrise bursting into the …
NT 8:1 Of Labor And Love
Week 8: The New Testament and Children Cont’d Day 1: Of Labor and Love – 1 Thessalonians 2:7,11; 1 John 2:1,12,13,18,28; 3:7, 18; 4:4; 5:21 The New Testament compares our relationship with those discipling us to the relationships of a nurse or caregiver to the children in their care. In the book of 1 John …
NT 7:1 Children in the Church
Week 7: The New Testament and Children Cont’d Day 1: Children in the Church – Acts 21:5 As we move out of the gospels and into the second half of the New Testament we see that the Apostles were no more likely to ignore children in their ministries than was Christ. In Acts 21, we …
NT 6:4 Forbid Them Not
Week 6: The New Testament and Children Day 4: Forbid Them Not – Matthew 19:13-15; 18:3,4; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17 The disciples were just as human as any of the rest of us, and they made that very plain by some of their attitudes and actions. In Mark 10:13, we see parents bringing their children …
NT 4:3 It Won’t Just Happen – Be Intentional
Week 4: Widows Indeed Cont’d Day 3: It Won’t Just Happen – Be Intentional – Acts 6:1-7 Starting a new outreach is a little like starting a new blog: The page is blank, the cursor is blinking, but where do I begin? The Christians in Acts faced this to some extent when the Grecians began …
NT 3:3 Of Trumpets And Coins
Week 3, Part 1: Lessons From The Pharisees Cont’d Day 3: Of Trumpets And Coins Mark 12:38-44; Matthew 23:14; Luke 20:45-47 A simple coin. I held it between my fingers and flipped it over and over again, watching the light move across its surface. How could a simple coin mean so much? It was …
NT 2:4 Principle in Action
Week 2: Lessons From The Pharisees Day 4 – Principle in Action: Luke 13:10-17 Jesus didn’t just tell the Pharisees how they should behave and what Scripture they needed to review and understand. He lived out the difference between their idea of things and God’s idea of things. (Not sure what we’re talking about, check …
What’s Going On In 2013
Okay. I know it’s already February, so this might seem a little late, but here goes anyway! I have spent much time in prayer about the Lord’s direction for this year. In fact, when I came home from Kenya, I took an entire day to go out, hike along the river and find a quiet …
NT 1:4 Lights On A Hill
Week 1: Getting Started Day 4 – Lights on a Hill: Matthew 5:13-16 It’s a hundred miles from the Montana/Wyoming line to my hometown. I’ve made the drive more times than I can count, usually with various family members and usually with eight or ten hours of driving behind us. When I was a little …
