Did you know that the use of the word ‘truth’ has more than doubled in books written in American English in the last 40 years*? Did you know that this kind of thing was even tracked? Do we even know what such a fact can tell us? Do we really care? (And for full discloser:Continue reading “The Truth for which We are Made”
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What’s Love got to do with it?
Y’all can all thank me later for that ear worm. I was having a conversation with my sister the other evening and she asked if I’d read “that book about love wins”. I immediately started throwing titles and authors at her and she stopped and asked, “just how many books with love in the titleContinue reading “What’s Love got to do with it?”
Questions and Answers
Regardless of the man’s response, Jesus doesn’t withhold healing. He offers God’s grace freely. The gift of being well is ours, period.
Gifts don’t do much good when left in the box.
Why Lent?
Denying ourselves isn’t saying we are worthless. It is the understanding that our full value, our pricelessness, is found in the image of God at the core of each of us. Denying ourselves is knowing we can only be fully, truly, really human with God and each other.
An Invitation
I like ordinary and routine. It’s where life happens the most. It’s what makes the special days special and the extraordinary events extra-ordinary. And although I’ve come to appreciate much of this new way of things living through a pandemic, I’ll be so grateful when we can confidently say the danger is passed.
Together
Originally posted on August 4, 2019 Life in America feels dark to me. Voices and fists raised in hate and anger are the norm. Violence is a daily occurrence. Instinctually, I want to hide and just pretend it isn’t this way and wait to come out when it’s all “better”. When I do look atContinue reading “Together”
Mother Nancy's Coffee Thoughts 