This morning I am taking some time to reflect on the first Thanksgiving. Not the one with the Pilgrim’s. No, I was reminiscing about Thanksgiving 1981. Newly married and Russ newly employed, we were saving travel to see family for Christmas and New Year. I was excited to have our first holiday in our apartment….
It started with this Circle Maker study by Mark Batterson. When he used the word that starts with f…you know….fasting…. And I felt conviction, because I used to fast quite often when our children were growing up. Having them in our home, navigating school and peer pressure and teen years was a strong motivator to…
I finished the book of Hebrews this morning, starting with Chapter 11. It starts with the statement that faith is the substance; the concrete stuff, that makes up the things we hope for. From these opening words, the chapter rolls out a litany of what faith is and one example of another of what faith…