Via Merriam-Webster: PHARISAICAL : marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness My definition: PHARISAICAL : When my prideful, rule-following, God-manipulating tendencies replace my humble, grace-loving, God-dependent desire. My Sunday school class has been working through the gospel of Luke. It’s been challenging to say the least. I find myself standing with the Pharisees in the crowds. The ones…
It’s time to flip the page on the calendar again! Can you believe in just two short months we’ll be in 2014? November and December always go so quickly. I’m thankful for the slowly changing leaves and weather that’s getting gradually colder. They remind me to slow down too. Here’s what I learned in October!…
When we have people over, my favorite part of our time together comes after dinner has been eaten, when the kids are playing independently, and we have all gotten comfortable on the couches. Wives kick off their shoes, husbands put away their phones, and everyone has a full glass of lemonade. That’s when the…
Today is my big boy’s eighth birthday! I was thinking about how different the world is now from the world around me when I was eight. When we went to the grocery store today and he told me he didn’t need to wear his jacket because of global warming, I laughed because that was certainly…
In fourth grade I was best friends with Emily, Heather, and Casey. “The Fab 4” we called ourselves. Mrs. Brown soon learned she couldn’t sit the four of us near each other, but when we weren’t separated by desks and lessons, we were together. Then in fifth grade we weren’t together. Emily moved away. Casey…
Lee has had conversations with different people in the last week, talking about their former pastors at our church and other churches. In two of the conversations, about two different former pastors, both people told Lee the pastors couldn’t preach well, but they sure did love their people well. Because of those conversations, Lee and…
