Good morning... "When parents are positive, you become positive, and hopefully you pass that positivity to your children," our subscriber concluded in yesterday's post, Make Good Lemonade. Next my mind asked the flip-sided question, "What happens when parents are negative?" Well, we know "negative" and "positive" are relative terms, and all parenting lives on a subjective spectrum. "Good [...]
Good morning... I open Biblegateway.com and read the verse for today. As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things (Ecclesiastes 11:5, NIV). An old favorite poem pops to mind. I google the phrase "God's [...]
Good morning... Many are in habit of "giving something up for Lent," but all of us have unexpectedly given up much more than chocolate for Lent 2020. We have given up NBA basketball, the March Madness tournament, and fantasy sports leagues that offer delightful distraction. We have given up time with friends, big group gatherings, hugs, touches, and [...]
Good morning... A friend sent me beautiful words shared by her church on Sunday. Instead of the traditional "Passing the Peace" portion of worship, during this season of social distancing her church family is developing a new habit called "Passing Our Prayers." ****** Today's prayer comes from Elizabeth Shows Caffey: Now I say to you in conclusion, life [...]
Good morning... This virus exposes our bitter truth: stuck in this together, we are all aging dogs forced to learn new tricks. For the first time in my life, I am making room for Zoom, a virtual event where one person hosts a meeting and multiple participants communicate through the computer screen. With many of us working from [...]
Good morning... "Why did Jesus send his disciples into the storm?" asked yesterday's dynamic devotional quoting Paul David Tripp. "He did it for the same reasons he sometimes sends you into storms - because he knows that sometimes you need the storm in order to be able to see the glory," came the quick, tidy answer. "For the believer, [...]
Good morning... From another state, she texted me a screen shot of a book page, sharing a dynamic devotional message from yesterday morning. She had no idea that sitting on my bedside table is the exact same daily devotional book, Paul David Tripp's New Morning Mercies. Since the words of wisdom resonate so profoundly with my faraway friend [...]
Good morning... "The key passage that I think we have to come to terms with is 1 Peter 2:23," says Pastor John in yesterday's powerful posted podcast. "When [Jesus] was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. And so my question for myself and for my [...]
Good morning... Over the past few days, I have heard from many of you about disappointments, dashed dreams, hopes piling high before falling apart. It is important for us to share our stories of life's imperfect moments as we rise up from our low points, learning key lessons. 1) We are not alone when life gets hard. We [...]
Good morning... "I'm glad God is not fair," said the middle aged man who battled through life-shattering addiction to become a husband at age forty-two and a father at forty-four then again at forty-six. His story reminds me of the quote that ends Falling Upward by Richard Rohr. "Just remember: no one can keep you from the second [...]
