We celebrated my father-in-law’s life last week. It was hard not to call it a funeral—even though my brother-in-law felt strongly about calling it a “celebration of life.” Yes, we want to celebrate the life but it’s also saying goodbye and it felt very much life a funeral to me, a final goodbye, a last […]
Shelly Longenecker graduated into the arms of Jesus. We all have trials, and I don’t know what your struggle is today, but I know Who is stronger than any struggle, overcomes battles, crushes our enemies, defeats speculations, calms our soul, gives strength to the weary, and carries us to eternal victory. Sometimes things can change […]
We are soldiers for Jesus. We move along in route and don’t question what we believe. We just operate and push through never questioning our faith. We are soldiers. We move. We endure. We overcome. But then, the waves hit. Your loved one is diagnosed with cancer. Your spouse asks for a divorce. You hear […]
Romans 5:8 – “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” As a parent of adult children, we will often say we love and support our kids no matter what. That’s how God loves us and that’s what we strive to extend. But here’s where […]
I had never been with anyone in the last few days before their passing on to their eternal home… It was early Thursday morning when the call came in. My father-in-law was very close to the end. I had never experienced a call like that. I didn’t know how to feel. Does anyone? My husband […]
Enjoy this guest post by Seana Scott, content creator, writer, speaker, and friend. When Jesus talked about his kingdom, people laughed at him. Eyes rolled. Anger seethed. The religious crowd wanted him killed because they thought Jesus “MADE HIMSELF out to be the Son of God” (John 19:7) and MADE HIMSELF out to be a […]
When I was a kid, my mother used to dress up as the Easter Bunny. I remember thinking it was the coolest thing ever, I mean, my mother was the Easter Bunny. We lived in a condominium community where there were lots of kids and on Easter in the morning they had this event for […]
Thou shall not… Before I became a Jesus follower, I thought being a Christian meant not being allowed to have freedom. I thought it meant there would be a long list of all the things one could not do. I thought it meant I would be living a life where I was continually being condemned […]
I will never forget one defining moment my last year of graduate school. I was required to have a clinical education experience in a hospital setting. When I arrived at the local medical center, I was asked to serve on the oncology floor. Five days a week for the month of January, from 8:00 a.m. […]
I was meeting a friend at church because we would be driving together to go to an event. As I got into my over 15-year-old car I thought, “I love this car.” I’ve always had a bit of a love affair with my car. It’s small, gets good gas milage, and it was oh so […]
