How are you today? It’s an innocent question intended to say, “I care about you,” but these days it seems to carry much more weight – even more sincerity. In the wake of the past year, we’ve learned to pause a little longer, look the person in the eyes, and actually wait for an answer. …
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Beauty In Every Season
This past week I was challenged to, once again, evaluate my thinking about age, maturity, and standing up to society’s expectations of what is admired. It isn’t new that our culture celebrates the young, strong, and wrinkle-free. And, you know what? They should be celebrated! But here is the part that our culture seems to …
His Face
Have you ever been weary of asking and trusting God for His answer to a prayer? For she said,“If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.”Mark 5:28 The woman with the issue of blood that we read about in Mark knew what it meant to persist. For twelve years. Certainly, she must …
Season
season – nounsea·son | \ ˈsē-zᵊn \: a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature: an indefinite period of time We hear this word used frequently.* People are in a season of rest.* They are enjoying baseball season.* Parents of young children are in a busy season. Life is filled with seasons and they are marked by noticeable …
The Risk
My mom loves music, so I grew up on some pretty amazing rock and roll. Elvis, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Simon & Garfunkel, and basically any band from the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack … yep, they’re my jam! My mom also loves to dance so it was pretty common …
A Gift at the Door
I don’t know if it is the changing seasons or the fact that we have a new grandbaby on the way, but “new things” have been spotlighted to me quite a bit lately. As if I am on the threshold of a shift. Of course, as a planner, I would love to get everything in …
Placed
After more than sixteen years of working very part time from home so I could educate our children from there at the same time, I found myself back in the workforce as an Executive Assistant here at New Life in 2013. As thrilled as I was about the opportunity to serve at the church I …
Transitions
We are in a season of transition here in Colorado. That awkward space between winter and spring. The people who keep track of such things tell us that Colorado sees 300 days of sunshine annually. Three hundred! Yet those of us who live here know that, even with the sun, we are not to be …
The Purpose of His Delay
Have you ever been in a season of waiting? A time where you’ve prayed and received a word from the Lord but haven’t see the fruit of His answer yet. That in-between time can feel so long and drawn out. Even the most faithful can find themselves asking if the Lord somehow forget His promise …
Empathy
\ ˈem-pə-thē \ : the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another… Empathy requires us to put ourselves into the shoes of another and imagine how they might be feeling about or dealing with a given situation. It is a place of humility. Today’s …
You Are Adored 