Good morning... On most major holidays, our family serves warm meals to the homeless through "Hosea Feed the Hungry." This Christmas was no exception. After enjoying our traditional egg-sausage-cheese casserole and opening each wrapped gift under our tree, our family of six hopped in the car and drove to the World Congress Center to give a few hours of [...]
Good morning... This holiday season, I am praying with my whole heart for two Macon families I will never meet. One family is forced to bury their beautiful eighteen year old daughter today at 3:00 pm. The other family lives on to support their own beautiful daughter, an eighteen year old responsible for the accidental death of her best [...]
Good morning... As kids age, there are fewer surprises under the Christmas tree. Who wants to be personally responsible for choosing increasingly expensive gifts that will never be worn, never be used, never bring joy? Many times, our young adult kids do not even know what they want until they see it, until they feel it, until the clothes [...]
Good morning... Any words I write this morning would pale in comparison to the gift of this short video. Take a moment to marvel at God's gift. Mary, Did You Know? - Peter Hollens God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding, Job 37:5 (NIV), Sue
Good morning… I do not go to church each Christmas Eve because it is my holiday tradition. I do not drive ‘round and ‘round the parking deck searching for an open spot because I want to say “Merry Christmas” to my church friends. I do not cozy into the crowded pew because I expect to remember the minister’s message [...]
Good morning... Amid the holiday hustle and bustle, I had an early breakfast with a lifelong friend. Sharing meals monthly, we talk like we are riding bikes, peddling naturally to the truth of the matter, to the core of who we are. After our time together, she sent me this story from a picture book called Zen Shorts, by [...]
Good morning... Christmas is just three quick days away. "How will I ever get all this done?" To discover the Bible's calm, clear answer, we are drawn back to the Mary and Martha story (Luke 10:38-42). 1) We must remember: Jesus is traveling in our neighborhood today. Let's welcome him into our home. The Lord and his disciples were [...]
Good morning... As we arrived at church the Sunday before Christmas, the life stage of our children was impossible to miss. Instead of tiny suit coats and smocked dresses of red and green, our young adults wore black skirts with boots, button downs with khakis. Instead of squirming through the sermon, our four growing kids were doing their best [...]
Good morning... I just stumbled upon a resource I had never met. Through Dictionary.com, I found the "Word of the Day." What a fun thing to do, learn one new word each day. Today, my new acquaintance is "oenophile," which mean a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur. The key word in this definition is "enjoy." Wine [...]
We are unconditionally loved by a God who gives us the freedom to make choices. Come close or back away? Quiet to stillness or busy into more, more, more? Listen well or refuse wise counsel? At every decision point, day after day, the LORD allows us to choose God's higher, heavenly ways of joy, love, peace or to choose [...]
