Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! Holiday schedules are full. Planning and activities seem unending. Many look forward to the arrival of the new year as normalcy begins to appear. An interesting word in the Bible that could surround the concept of rest is “selah.” The Book of Psalms is full of separate psalms with “Selah”… Continue reading Holiday Reflections
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Connecting Through Stories
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! Start with a story to grab the attention of, connect to, and engage with the target audience. That is critical standard advice for communicators. My daughter-in-love asked us to recommend books to read to our three-year old grandson about the true meaning of Christmas. We gave a few suggestions that… Continue reading Connecting Through Stories
Known and Seen
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! Do you like the “I Spy” and “Where’s Waldo” games? A specific person or object is strategically hidden in a page full of clusters of colors that are similar to what you seek. When you find it, there is a satisfaction of the discovery. Can you imagine the joy of… Continue reading Known and Seen
We thank God
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! Happy Thanksgiving week! We have so many reasons to be thankful! We thank God for family, friends, and foes. We thank God for the good and bad. We thank God for joys and sorrows. We thank God for health and illness. We thank God for abundance and hardships. We thank… Continue reading We thank God
This is Joy
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! Joy: Jesus - Others - You It’s a simple acrostic and a powerful way to remember our priorities when loving God and others. Loving God is our first our priority. Our love for God overflows into our love for others. Our love for God and others represents and increases our… Continue reading This is Joy
May I have your attention please?
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! What does it take to get your attention? Obviously, we regularly encounter warning announcements, red lights, sirens, health issues, or poor grades that get our attention. There are also obvious examples from the Bible that get attention. Angels visit the shepherds announcing the birth of Jesus, the Savior of the… Continue reading May I have your attention please?
Joys of Waiting
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! My husband recently spent a few days with our son and his family. When my son and daughter-in-love picked up our grandbabies from school, Papadude was there to greet them too! Oh, the smiles and hugs! The next morning, the 3-year old could not wait for Papadude to get to… Continue reading Joys of Waiting
Roads of Faith
Welcome to Faith Connections Friday! As we come across roads in Scripture, we discover the people that traveled them were specifically placed there for an important purpose. Let’s consider a few. The road is called the Via Dolorosa, the Way of Suffering. It is the traditional road that Jesus walked on His way to Golgotha.… Continue reading Roads of Faith
Mountain Top Fellowship
The places mentioned in the Bible are intriguing, especially when a place is repeated. Let’s recall what happened on these familiar mountains. The name Mount Moriah may not be that familiar but you may recognize what happened there. Mount Moriah is where Abraham went to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. However, the promised son was… Continue reading Mountain Top Fellowship
The rewards of obedience
The story of Abram/Abraham is an example of obedience. God told Abram to pack his possessions, leave his home, and move his family to a place that was unfamiliar. He did not even know where he was going—and he obeyed. How are you challenged by Abram’s example? After fulfilling a long-awaited dream, I felt the… Continue reading The rewards of obedience
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