Hope your New Year has brought a sweet newness to your spirit. Are your Christmas memories still fresh? 'I'll text your gift now' was the new thing that revealed surprises under our Christmas tree. Gift wrap still lined the floor but texting a gift that didn't arrive yet or needed to be kept secret happened more than twice. Looking into one's device with appreciation became the picture that did not ...
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Luke 1:26-56 “And the Virgin’s name was Mary…” Such a simple name. A common name. A common name, for an ordinary girl, living her life in an insignificant part of the world, completely unaware of the extraordinary request of an Angel on behalf of God, that would be made of her. Little did she know what her response would give her in the years to come. Little did she know what it would cost ...
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I hear landscaper leaf blowers roar in the distance, scattering one neighbor’s leaves onto another. It’s a noisy way to clean up one's yard, so early on a Saturday morning, it's 7 am! It didn’t take long for a few neighbors to fill the street, coffee cups in hand, slippers on feet, they all wanted to have a word with the workers who just wanted to get their job done. The landscapers ended ...
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Talking to a friend today who is battling failure...they shared how down they are about what they call, “failing God” and falling for the same thing over and over again. I asked them, “Which is more fruitful? Focus on our failure or focus on Jesus and His Victory?” Think on that for a moment... We are called to live by faith, hope and love. As followers of Jesus we are made to live in God’s grace. We ...
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Do you do this too? You have a blender of worries and concerns whirring around in your mind on a given day. Sometimes it feels like the blender is on full blast and someone took the lid off, stuff spewing everywhere. As I write this, my blender is full of a lot of things that may be in yours as well. That loved one who is fighting Covid, that friend who ...
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Securing your beach umbrella properly sets the tone for your beach day on Tybee Island. People go to great lengths to get this set up secure.I witnessed a man who brought his drill with an auger Drill Bit to Tybee usually used for planting bulbs flowers, that thing twirled into the ground in record time followed by their umbrella,effortlessly. I found this tool on Amazon for $20 bucks. Go ahead ...
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Independence Day represents freedom. This year, we are grateful for the chance to celebrate in the community. In an effort to avoid over-crowding, some townships have spaced out or postponed their firework celebrations. While we are in fellowship, it’s important for us to remember and reflect on the history, the meaning, the depth of this holiday. Freedom isn’t free, and so many have died to give us the rights we ...
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“When the world has fallen out from under meI'll be found in you, still standing” – Brooke Fraser from the song, Shadowfeet That line from the song Shadowfeet, pretty much sums up the last 16 months, doesn’t it? Now that Covid is behind us, what did we learn? I think we learned that even though we say often that life can change in an instant, we don’t really believe it will, until it does! Things we ...
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Isn’t it fantastic that things are opening up again? There’s light at the end of the 14+ month pandemic-tunnel we have all been dealing with! Churches are welcoming back cogregations to pre-covid levels, masks are starting to come off, my wife and I went to an Atlanta United Game with 40,000 other fans and it was great! But I wanted to encourage everyone to not forget some of the spiritual and ...
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Closet cleanouts are a thing of spring, as are graduations, weddings, and yard work. Two out of those three have the social distance filter happening. This year, you may find yourself doing yard work for a sparsely attended backyard wedding or graduation party while wearing clothes you forgot you had but found during clean-out! We are a good year into Covid, and more stuff has accumulated. Life gets cluttered, even during ...
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