A new beginning… Spring is finally here and with it comes a season full of hope and new beginnings. Even if the world around you looks and feels the same, you CAN do something new and just for you today. Maybe it’s a new: walking or running habit morning or night routine Bible study book…
Books. ?They are pretty much everywhere around me. ?On night stands.In my office. ?In the living room.On my kindle. ?Even in my car.I’m a firm believer in books.That’s why I read them all the time.That’s even why I’ve written in a few of them…But there is something extra special that happens when you have the…
After 20 years of serving in the local church it’s been a roller coaster of awesome, exhausting, exciting and overwhelming. Some of the things I’ve learned I had to learn the hard way. Yet other times there was a wise mentor or friend that came alongside me and helped me to navigate the season of…
All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory. 2 Corinthians 4:15 NLT A few weeks ago while in the vacuum cleaner aisle at Target I was given the gift of grace. She was hurt,…
“Ministry can become all consuming, but it’s important to remember to keep first things first and that’s making your own family a priority,” Melissa says. “Every day you are given a gift—your family. Yes, you have a call to do more, serve more and love the people in your community more, but ultimately, your family is…
I GOT TO SHOW YOU GRACE! by Kelly O’Dell Stanley One Sunday morning when our son, Bobby, was six, he left our pew and walked straight to the front of the church, up the steps onto the platform, right in the middle of our worship. Pastor Nathan was sitting in a chair off to the…