Inspired By Mary Lynne

Good morning... In the middle of this big moon night, I spend time with the beautiful bulletin from the celebration of life service for Mary Lynne Hamilton. I am inspired by her smiling face, her joyful essence, and her passion for the truth of God. I think I love this sentence most: "Mary Lynne is more alive now [...]

By |2025-01-16T00:02:00-05:00January 15th, 2025|Death And Resurrection, Everyday life, Faith, God's Plan, New From Old|

His Living Legacy

Good morning... "Indeed a humble man," filled the subject line of her email yesterday. "Good morning, Sue," she wrote. "I searched for this picture and 🙏 found it. My mom, daughter and I were heading home from New York City, and we were all held up boarding the plane. We could not figure out why and then we [...]

By |2024-12-31T02:20:31-05:00December 31st, 2024|Everyday life, Faith, Organic Growth, Spiritual Gifts, Trust God|

Jimmy Carter’s Life Of Faith

Good morning... "Death is not an end," said Andrew Young, as he paid tribute to his long time friend, Jimmy Carter, who died yesterday at 100 years old. "It's a transition, a time of separation, a time of grace and mercy. Jimmy was a man who lived a wonderful life obedient to the still small voice of God [...]

By |2024-12-30T03:03:00-05:00December 30th, 2024|Community, Everyday life, Faith, God's Plan|

Audrey’s Strong Faith

Good morning... Yesterday my friend and I went to see the movie Bonhoeffer. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, a theologian, and an anti-Nazi dissident who was executed by the Nazis in 1945 just two weeks before the war ended. Chronicled in his many books and expressed in his heroic actions, Bonhoeffer's life of faith was extraordinary. [...]

By |2024-12-12T06:45:17-05:00December 12th, 2024|Everyday life, Faith, Pain, Trust God|

Audrey’s Rekindling Hope

Good morning... "Scanning now." Last Wednesday at 9:22 am, our Fab Five friends received this photo and this two-word text from Jennifer, Audrey's mom. (You may remember that Audrey, a beloved Northside Church member, is a freshman at Notre Dame who has been journeying with neuroblastoma since she was five and a half years old.) We all lifted [...]

By |2024-10-30T10:17:10-04:00October 30th, 2024|Faith, Healing, Peace, Trust God|

The Coffee Cup Analogy

Good morning... Taking our dogs outside in the middle of this night, all is calm, all is dark. Instinctively, I turn toward the south and lift prayers for the lives being ravaged in Florida by the drenching winds and the storm surge of Hurricane Milton. Prayer. What does prayer do at a time like this? I lift prayers [...]

By |2024-10-10T09:21:34-04:00October 10th, 2024|Everyday life, Faith, Imperfection, Trust God|

Develop Intimate Certainty

Good morning... Yesterday's post ended with this Scripture verse: O Eternal One, through the night, I stop to recall Your name. That’s how I live according to Your teachings (Psalm 119:55, VOICE). A few hours later, as I taught class in our home, I was drawn to read out loud one page from a devotional book I wrote [...]

By |2024-09-12T07:22:25-04:00September 12th, 2024|Everyday life, Faith, Fear, God's Love|

Who Will Save Our Nation?

Good morning... We blink our eyes awake on a very significant day in American history. We celebrate the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted (July 4, 1776) and the United States officially became its own nation. Today is flag. Family. Friends. Freedom. Fireworks. Fashioning with God a fabulous future. The Eternal’s purposes will last to the end [...]

By |2024-07-04T07:33:12-04:00July 4th, 2024|Faith, God's Plan, Light In Darkness, Trust God|

Not Healed But Held

Good morning... "Oh Sue," she wrote from Florida yesterday, "sending so many continued prayers for the loved ones of Elizabeth. So very heartbreaking. I just read Dr. Jim Denison, and the quote below struck a chord - we live a faith that says death is not the final answer, thank you Jesus. This truth is the hope and [...]

By |2024-06-29T07:45:33-04:00June 29th, 2024|Faith, God's Love, Grief, Trust God|

My God, I Need You Now

Good morning... As she sat beside the piano, her need was deep and her voice was crystal clear. She sang out to the God of Jacob and Moses, of Mary and David. The same God who worked back then works in us now. Providing. Moving in power. Healing. Saving. Facing the challenges of our daily lives, we call [...]

By |2023-07-17T02:36:58-04:00July 17th, 2023|Faith, Healing, Trust God|
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