Today, at church, Pastor Max gave us some interesting ideas to think about as we listened to the story of the 3rd time that Jesus appeared to his disciples since he rose from the dead. John 21: 1-21. What a powerful story we read about Peter and Jesus. Jesus asks…

I just haven’t been feeling it this week. I’m tired. I feel overwhelmed. It hit me this afternoon. I haven’t been reading my devotional or writing my thoughts out. It’s been 6 days! At our Holy Thursday service tonight, we read and learned more about Jesus washing the feet of…

I have always noticed people’s hands. I remember watching my mom’s hands when I was a little girl. I loved watching them – cooking, gardening, braiding my hair; shopping, when we’d watch tv, when she would drive the car. To this day, the smell of my hands after I cut…

Trust. I used to trust everyone. Then, as I have grown older and experienced life, I trust fewer people than I care to admit. When I think of trust, my kids come to mind. They trust me completely to help them maneuver their way through life. This picture that comes…

Tonight’s Lenten Service was really meaningful. It circled back to the messages from Ash Wednesday when our theme, Releasing Our Fears, was introduced. The last several weeks have been spent around our fears: the fear of change, the fear of not being enough, the fear of loneliness. You might remember…

I think next Lent a group of us should get together and make up a list of 40 words for Lent. 🙂 They’d have meaning for many of us… and then people could join me with their thoughts. We could even just do a “photo a day” if people didn’t…

Life gets hard sometimes. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to trust my gut instinct. Trust that inner voice that yells out with WARNING. Trust that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. Trust that creepy feeling when the hairs stand straight up on the back of your neck.…

As I paged through the Lenten devotional and glanced through the words that were upcoming, this one caught my eye as odd. Then, I read the reading for today and it all became clear. The Sheep and the Goats31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels…

Funny how appropriate some words are each day during this Lenten project. Today’s word is joy. Those three little letters got me through some pretty tough times the past few years. When I chose to focus on the joy and the good in my life, God helped me through my…

As a special education teacher, I am witness to amazing accomplishments every day. I know God works through me and my colleagues as I watch the awesome things my students do each day. We started a coffee cart for our students a couple of years ago, so that our kids…