It’s funny to watch how people act when there is a new baby around. Everything stops, and instantly people who were just moments ago interacting as mature adults are now leaning in, making ridiculous faces and silly noises that would never be emitted under other circumstances. It’s a sweet sight to behold. When a baby […]
Devotional Thoughts
Created to Grow
The crushed stone crunched beneath our feet as we walked between the rows of plants. Sunlight, diffused by the plastic that sheltered us from the cool May wind, warmed the greenhouse and intensified the throaty smell of geraniums and tender green plants. “Want to ride on my back for a little while?” I turned and […]
Matthew Musings: Who’s Really in Charge?
It was a question that presented a crossroads: either submit to the temptation to take the easy way out and skim over it, or make myself exert some brainpower, take a minute to think it over, and unlock a new insight into God’s Word. Thankfully, I chose the latter. “What does Jesus’ healing ministry have […]
How Prayer Is Like Pinterest
At first I just didn’t get it. Pinterest. What was the point? Why should I be interested in yet another social media outlet where people waste yet more time cruising the internet, pinning pictures of pretty things they can’t have onto virtual pinboards for strangers to look at? For quite a while I rejected the […]