by lijadmin | Nov 26, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Psalms 100:4 (KJV) In the spring of 2007, I got an invitation to attend a 72-hour spiritual retreat. It took a small army to make this...
by lijadmin | Nov 19, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Praying for Your Adult Children I am hoping someone needs this blog as much as I needed it one time, and also a friend of mine. I will tell the story of my friend since I can keep her name anonymous. We raise our children in church, nurture them, guide them through...
by lijadmin | Nov 12, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
For obvious reasons, this is a hard one to write; it’s even harder to share. I’ve wrestled with this topic for a while, but I feel it’s an important one to talk about. If even one person can relate and benefit from this, then it will have been worth...
by lijadmin | Nov 5, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
It’s Sunday morning. I’m sitting in church, and some of our members start singing, “I Stand Amazed in the Presence” (Charles H. Gabriel 1905). I’m sitting there listening to the beautiful blend of voices in the quartet that is singing...
by lijadmin | Oct 29, 2023 | Christian Faith, Hope, & Love
Before the days of caller ID, many of my phone conversations began something like this: Phone: “Ring, ring.” Me: “Hello.” Voice: “Hi, Sis!” Me: “Hi!” My greeting was often followed by several seconds of silence while I...
