One of my most favorite passages of Scripture is John 14 because it is where Jesus reveals what His relationship will be (and now is!) with His followers after His death, resurrection, and ascension. He said He would come and make His home with each of us who love Him and follow Him, and not…
One of the best gifts we can give each other is the acknowledgment that each of us is answerable to God first and foremost. Imposing our opinion shuts down a relationship. Listening with an open heart keeps it open. We may disagree with someone’s perspective, opinion, decisions, or beliefs, but when we realize that God…
When my mother was on her death bed, I sang to her one day when she was restless. I was comforted to see that it calmed her as she laid with her eyes closed. When I started singing the lullaby she had made up and sang to us when we were little, her eyes suddenly…
