Easter / Resurrection Sunday is the time when we celebrate the fact that Jesus didn’t stay dead. This is worthy of celebration because His resurrection is the whole reason that we can walk in newness of life! Yes, His death paid the price for our sin, and that is vitally important, because without that sacrifice …
Story time! This is the story of my car accident, how God took care of me, and how He used it to transform my life. Here are the original website blog posts I wrote as I was going through the things referenced in this story: – My husband in ICU: https://hopeiscalling.com/2014/10/of-this-i-am-convinced.html – My car accident …
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I believe that God has been offering the Western church multiple opportunities to choose to be sheep instead of goats. To test whether we are in reality the kind that will hear Him say, “Enter into My rest” or the kind that will hear Him say, “Depart, for I never knew you.” These opportunities play …
What love really looks like in a world that fears helping refugees Read More »
For years, one of my most common prayers has been that God would allow me to see the world through His eyes… to know His heart. One song that I wrote is all about this… “Show me Your heart that I might see the world through Your eyes.” But sometimes it’s painful. Very painful. Because …
A story of tears: Mine as so many turn their backs on the hopeless Read More »
A month or two ago I happened across an spy/thriller/mystery style book. I read it and enjoyed it with only a few reservations, so I chose another from the series to read, and then another. The third had a main character who was Syrian…a child of Hama whose city and family had been destroyed when …
The trending topics for the last two weeks have all had to do with SCOTUS and the ruling about same-sex marriages. Before that was the Vanity Fair magazine with Caitlyn Jenner, and before that was the wedding cakes. I have people who are very, very dear to me on the extremes of both “sides” and …
Most of the Internet is probably aware of the looting and rioting that happened in Baltimore the other night. I don’t know how many are aware of the peaceful protests that the media didn’t cover. But I have a little bit of Hope to share that the media definitely will not tell you about. I …
Last week I shared how much I was struggling. I still am in those same ways… but at the same time, I am surrounded and filled with the assurance that my God is taking care of me. He knows my name, He holds me in His arms, He has good plans for me, and His …
This isn’t the sort of thing I usually share on my blog, but I’m going to because it’s all about the next generation. You can see God at work in the midst of something that was an amazing experience for this mommy here in Ohio. My youngest daughter began playing violin over four years ago …
I found this post from years and years ago, and I think it’s a timely reminder. Whenever the Christmas season comes around, I seem to be surrounded by two main schools of thought. 1) The secular view of Christmas with Santa Claus and commercialism is, of course, very prevalent today. 2) Then there are the …
