by Phyllis | Aug 1, 2012 | Devotional
Do you have this problem too? When I take time in the morning to spend time with God, to come to the waters and drink, I feel and know the Lord with me throughout the day. But there’s this stubborn person inside of me that doesn’t want to do that. Instead...
by Phyllis | Jul 25, 2012 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from author Gloria Clover. This devotion is late coming to Phyllis because I’m an American with an American problem. I love to be entertained. I love to read. I love to watch movies. I love to do word games and jigsaw puzzles, and it...
by Phyllis | Jul 11, 2012 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from author Lillian Duncan. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy. (1 Peter 1:8) I don’t know about you, but I want some...
by Phyllis | Jul 9, 2012 | Devotional
I’m in a Bible study of the Gospel of Mark now, using materials written by theologian Tim Keller. In the first chapter of Mark, we are challenged to consider what we learn about the Kingdom of God by reading what Jesus is doing. Jesus is healing those who come...
by Phyllis | Jul 3, 2012 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from author Naty Matos. For the longest time I wanted to have the same ability my mother had with plants. My mother could grow anything, but I have the ability to kill a cactus. I have kept trying to do better, different things without...
by Phyllis | Jun 13, 2012 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from author Ann Lee Miller. See free book offer below. An e-mail from God showed up in my in-box last November, during a year I strained to wring out the deeper novel my literary agent was convinced I had in me. I needed to scrape out my...
by Phyllis | Jun 6, 2012 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from writer Jennifer Slattery. When my daughter was young, I spent a great deal of time shining up the inside and outside of our house. I wrapped so much of who I was in what others could see. Pretty ugly, huh? God thoughts so, and as I grew...
by Phyllis | May 16, 2012 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from author Morgan Busse. Have you ever had a dream? I had a dream that started eight years ago, a dream to become a writer. It took a while to write a book. I was a mother of young children then, and the wife of a pastor to boot. I would...
by Phyllis | May 9, 2012 | Devotional
I think I’ve been coasting through life lately. I’m contemplating what the apostle Paul wrote in Romans 12:1-2 and wondering how it’s challenging me to grow today. “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your...
