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The Gift of Friendship
Editor’s note: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were two of the most prolific writers of faith and fiction in the 20th century. They were also great friends, and Tolkien was a guiding force in Lewis coming to faith in Christ. Both men also served as soldiers in the First World War, survived the trenches,… The post The Gift of Friendship appeared first on FaithGateway.
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You Won’t Get it Right All The Time!
You won’t get it right, all the time. Last Thursday, as the blog post I wrote about “patience” hit your inbox, let me tell you — my patience was running thin. Here I was telling you why you should be patient, yet, I was snapping at my kids… What I thought I had it figured out when I wrote the post on Tuesday, was an issue again on Thursday! The fact of the matter is — we don’t get it right, all the time. Some of us need to hear this loud and clear today: you won’t get it right all the time. You’ll yell when you meant to be…
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Accept Me by Marion Ueckermann
Searching For Roots Accept Me by Marion Ueckermann is a most delightful contemporary Christian novel and part of the Chapel Cove Romance series. It can be read as a stand-alone but I enjoyed meeting up with familiar faces. Marion Ueckermann always writes novels that warm and soothe the soul. She draws characters that always move […]
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I am NOT a Reader
I am not a reader. I am not a writer, despite childhood ambition. I am not a knitter, though I used to claim that identity. I am not a homeschooler, a baker, or a pianist. (There are other things I could wish I were: a gardener, a runner…but I am not.) A recent severe identity crisis challenged these assumptions with a sobering reminder that my overwhelming sense of hopeless failure was a manifestation of one recurrent habit: claiming too many nouns instead of verbs. What difference does that make? If I say that “I am a reader” I tend to feel guilty if I am not reading the right books…
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Fight to Pray
It doesn’t hurt to ask. Have you heard this before? Whether you’re nervous to ask your boss for some time off, or your professor for an extension on a project, or your spouse for some time away from the kids. Maybe someone told you, “Just talk to them about it, it doesn’t hurt to ask!”… The post Fight to Pray appeared first on FaithGateway.
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You’ll Get Through This
No one travels far down the road of life without discovering that this journey is not always smooth or perfect. We can pray and wish for safety on the way. We should enjoy the stretches of the ride when the sun shines and things go beautifully. We ought to thank God for the times when… The post You’ll Get Through This appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Captivating: All Women Are Called to Mother
To Mother As large as the role is that our mothers play, the word mother is more powerful when used as a verb than as a noun. All women are not mothers, but all women are called to mother. To mother is to nurture, to train, to educate, to rear. As daughters of Eve, all women… The post Captivating: All Women Are Called to Mother appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Why Pray for Wisdom Anyway?
This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit. — 1 Corinthians 2:13 Wisdom was there in the very beginning, guiding the creation of the cosmos. Wisdom revealed the one true God to the Jewish people, and spoke truth through their prophets and teachers…. The post Why Pray for Wisdom Anyway? appeared first on FaithGateway.
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You’ll Get Through This OBS Week 1 — You’ll Get Through This
Did you know that through is a favorite word of God’s? Isaiah 43:2 reads, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you” You’ll get through this…. The post You’ll Get Through This OBS Week 1 — You’ll Get Through This appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Cody Carnes’ New Album Release is Perfectly Timed for Pandemic
There is little doubt your church has used songs written by worship artist Cody Carnes in its services. In the past two years, two of his songs have climbed the charts and are consistently downloaded. Both “Nothing Else” and “Run to the Father” appear on Cody’s newest album, also named Run to the Father.
