Pastor Rob gave us a serious challenge on Sunday, didn’t he, when he unpacked the stories of the lost sheep and the lost coin? I couldn’t help but be convicted when he spoke of taking a well-known Bible story (Luke 15:1-10) and digging deeper to find its application for our lives. I know some people […]
Jane’s Blog Holy Habits, Part 1e
“Martha, Martha,” Jesus says gently during one of the most heated moments in all of Scripture, to my way of thinking (Luke 10:41). Martha has just exploded in a room full of disciples and her sister Mary, sitting at Jesus’ feet as he is teaching. “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me […]
Jane’s Blog – Search and Rescue, Part 1
When I heard the title of this new series of sermons, I couldn’t help but remember a movie preview I saw recently. This new movie (coming out November 13) is called “The 33,” and it’s the story of thirty-three miners in Chile who were trapped when the mine they were working in experienced an explosion, […]
Jane’s Blog – Holy Habits, Part 1d
It was a question that sent me on a search: “Wasn’t Mary one of the women who was at the cross?” my husband asked this morning. He had just read my last blog post where I stated that Mary (Martha’s sister) was only mentioned three times in the Bible, and he remembered that “Mary” was […]
Jane’s Blog – Holy Habits, Part 1c
You guess it…the story of Martha and Mary is still on my mind. Only this time, I’m thinking about Mary. We actually know very little about her, although she’s mentioned in two other places in scripture. Did she live with Martha? Was she known as a ‘slacker’ when it came to housework? How did she […]
Jane’s Blog – Contentment
This morning I am anything but content in spite of Pastor Greg’s excellent sermon on Sunday! I hate to confess that, but it’s true. It’s not a case of the “Mondays” although I’ve been there a time or two. No, this case of discontentment has its roots, I think, in time management issues. Do any […]
Jane’s Blog – Holy Habits, Part 1b
Sometimes the Lord just won’t leave me alone! In this regard lately, He keeps bugging me about the story of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42) and how their actions relate to this month’s spiritual discipline (Holy Habit) of “Bible Study and Meditation on Scripture.” These two sisters, according to what I’m hearing from the Lord, […]
Jane’s Blog – Dealing with Difficulties, Part 5
Hearing the rap sheet of destructive vices that Pastor Sean listed this past Sunday was discouraging, wasn’t it? Many of us know people who are trapped in one or more of those behaviors. We also know firsthand that within the list are several good things that have been given to us by God! Good things […]
Jane’s Blog – Holy Habits, Part 1a
Each month this year, I am going to consider, meditate on, and blog about one of the Holy Habits – also called Spiritual Disciplines – that help us grow deeper in our relationship with Christ. In September, you guessed it! I’m starting this series with “Bible Study and Meditation on Scripture.” One of my favorite […]
Jane’s Blog – Dealing with Difficulties, Part 4
I don’t know how many times I’ve read the passage we studied this past Sunday in Romans 7, or how many times my attempts to read it out loud have ended in me speaking gibberish. But this week as the scripture was read (very eloquently!), two phrases jumped out at me. The first was “waging […]