Mary Magdalene was standing outside the empty tomb crying. It is early morning and still dark outside. Jesus, the One she called “my Lord” had cast seven demons out of her and she had followed Him faithfully ever since. Mary’s life was turned upside down by Jesus, dramatically transformed andRead the Rest…
As we say goodbye to February…sweet February…the month when we celebrate Valentine’s Day “love,” I’ve been reminded anew how desperately we need a theology of love in our culture today. So how do we begin to get our minds and hearts around this thing called love? A.W. Tozer rightly stated: “WhatRead the Rest…
“Every time we get dressed we tell the story of the Fall of humanity,” is a statement one of my professors made that has stuck with me (Dr. Glenn Kreider, DTS Fall semester 2011). Because in the Garden of Eden before the Fall, Adam and Eve were naked andRead the Rest…
Recently our family spent a week at the beach and my husband and I arose early on our first morning to go on a walk/run along the ocean’s shore. My husband’s a runner and I’m a walker so he typically runs ahead of me, turns around and catches up withRead the Rest…
This month marks the one year anniversary of when my husband and I left our church home of the previous seven years. It was a painful split because we loved our former church. Spiritual abuse ranks near the top for being one of the most soul crushing experiences in myRead the Rest…
