Tag: community

Daily Reads 08.28.2019

“What exactly would a gaggle do if I had one?” you might be asking. Read: Acts 2:42 Gaggles meet together in a variety of ways. Pulling a few ideas from this passage, a gaggle gathers around scripture. It might occur on a Sunday morning, a formal Bible study or a more informal discussion of principles …

Stay Calm and Carry On

Read: Hebrews 10:24-25 This is a busy week. Besides the fact that our youngest daughter’s wedding is just a month away, we are having a shrimp boil for the employees who work with/for my husband on Wednesday and camping at a friend’s house for the weekend. I decided I needed to compartmentalize every responsibility and …

Daily Reads 06.09.2019

Today…an opportunity to gather in community with other like-minded folks. Sometimes I wonder if it’s really that important and then I attend our worship service and have a spectacular time. To be honest, the best times are when I step out of my little world and take an interest in others. Here is something to …

Daily Reads 05.19.2019

Read: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 How do I even begin to love others? A significant part of that is receiving God’s love for you. In the verses above, we read exactly how God feels about you and how he responds to you. Read it again. What part of God’s love for you do you need to …

Daily Reads 05.17.2019

Read: 1 Corinthians 12:18-26 This portion of scripture can be a bit puzzling at first. Maybe that is just me. I read pretty fast and I don’t read all the words. That got me into trouble yesterday. I asked my daughter if she needed me to pick Finley up at daycare. She asked her husband …

Daily Reads 05.16.2019

Read: 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 Dave and I attended a traditional church when we were first married. By traditional, I mean the church had a Sunday School hour for both children and adults followed by a corporate service with preaching and music. The Sunday School classes for adults were also divided by gender and age. In …

Same Kind of Different

Will I focus on what makes me different from another or what we hold in common? It makes all the difference in the world.