Are you good at asking questions, former procrastinators? I long to be better at that. Learning how is a way to say “yes” to God because question asking is a thought-provoking and caring way to get to know someone and to share the truth of the gospel. In Questioning Evangelism, author Randy Newman helps us…
What better place to live a welcoming life than in our homes? A welcoming life is a hospitable life. In The Gospel Comes with a House Key, Rosaria Butterfield helps us understand what she means by “radically ordinary hospitality.” It’s what she believes God intends for the daily use of our homes as we share…
A church conference was over for the night, former procrastinators, and I prepared to walk home. I stood at the top of many steps leading from the sanctuary to the sidewalk. I stared down, trying to get a grip on myself. “If somebody doesn’t speak to me, I’m afraid I’ll burst out crying… If somebody…
A tribute to a young woman, former procrastinators, inspires me. A tragic car accident took her life, but her influence lives on. Someone speaking of her said, “Jane led a welcoming life. She welcomed other people into her own life – and she welcomed them to Jesus.” He explained that she gladly embraced old friends…
Change is here to stay, former procrastinators. Like it or not, things are always changing. We don’t have the control to prevent that. Praise God, He is in control and we can rest in the confidence of Romans 8:28 and other scripture truths that stabilize our lives. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever…
We have two weeks, former procrastinators, when I’ll share a couple of “one offs,” making July a mixed bag. Yet we’ll see a connection with freedom. This first is on inspiration and our response to that. To inspire is to provoke and urge, to move to action. (Merriam Webster online) Although they’re not the same,…
An alarm should be sounding inside us, former procrastinators. I watched a family of three sitting at a restaurant table – mom, dad, and child all on their phones. With the exception of a five-second exchange of words, the entire meal was spent each isolated from the others. The last two areas we should note…
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
Proverbs 6:6-8
. . . you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.
Colossians 3:9-10