ENCOURAGE - EQUIP - EMPOWER
IT STARTS HERE.
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post for Willowdale Women called I’ll Go First. This was my first time publicly sharing the story of how God redeemed me from years of sexual sin and shame.
I never planned to share this story. That piece of my life is one I hoped would stay buried in a deep, dark place for a long time, until the day I was buried in a deep, dark place… But then God stepped into my story.
Haga clic abajo para leer en Español
How great is it that God the Father is God our Father? I’ve taken great encouragement lately from this truth, that “Our Father who art in Heaven” is always available to us for anything from the mundane to the eternally significant. One of my greatest privileges is having an earthly father whose lessons and leadership remain practical in my day-to-day life and show me glimpses of how good our heavenly father is. Even as a 40-year-old who long ago left home and has been married for over eight years, I continue to be grateful for the intentional ways my dad guides me.
Haga clic abajo para leer en Español
“The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul.” Psalm 19:7a NIV
This summer at Willowdale Chapel, we’ve been hearing how various members of our pastoral and teaching team find refreshment…I have spent part of this summer meditating on Psalm 19 in my various travels… Refreshing, restoring, reviving and renewing sound wonderful, but I wondered… How can a law accomplish all that?
When we walked through the door at Willowdale Chapel 20 years ago, we were desperately needing a church home. We had just experienced a difficult six months. We had moved to Pennsylvania excited for this new chapter in our lives, but many of our expectations came crashing down.
Haga clic abajo para leer en Español
Life is busy. It doesn’t matter what phase of life you are in, we are in a society that tells us more is better when it comes to our social life. I know that even my days off get scheduled with chores, dinners out and Netflix. It makes me wonder why. We all would probably say we are tired and worn out from the everyday stress of this life even if we are happy and content in our circumstance.
Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
The question hit me like cold water on the face, “Where have I said to God, ‘This much, but no more’?” Where have I stopped short in trying to live a godly life? I was reading 2 Kings 10, (admittedly a pretty violent chapter) about Jehu, King of Israel, who killed the wicked King Ahab and his beautiful but evil wife Jezebel. He then purged the country of all the priests and prophets of Baal. Jehu was on the right track to point his country back to God.
Haga clic abajo para leer en Español
A few of my favorite ways to cool down in the heat of summer are sipping an ice-cold glass of mint tea by the pool, jumping in the ocean after basking in the sun or floating on a tube in the lake. The common thread? Water. Without water, the heat would get to me. I get dehydrated very easily and begin to feel sick, tired, and parched. This is much like how my flowers look after I forget to water them; sad and droopy.
Haga clic abajo para leer en Español
I recently came across research from Dr. George Barna of The Barna Group that shows “only 6% of all U.S. adults have a biblical worldview. It is barely better among the self-identified Christian population (9%).”
Shocking? Well, consider conversations you have with those in your daily life.
Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
