Lessons from a yard sale dresser
It was so unexpected, really. An ordinary yard sale. A much-needed lightening of the load. A minimalist's dream. An organizer's happy...
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- Dec 9, 2019
- 2 min
Blubbering through the Christmas carols once again
It's the most wonderful time of the year. We have so much to be thankful for! One of the ways we do that is that we have an entire season...
Krista
- Dec 3, 2019
- 2 min
What do bickering and the local church have in common?
As the human race, we know conflict intimately. Overwhelming, painful conflict. We know it so personally and spiritually that our...
Krista
- Oct 29, 2019
- 2 min
Nightmares and Food
With October 31 coming soon and Thanksgiving right around the corner I’ve been thinking about two related topics… “What is a nightmare?”...
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- Dec 25, 2016
- 1 min
Look who is paying it forward!
Generosity is contagious around here! The language school hosted a gigantic party for a local Christian children’s home to kick off their...
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- Dec 16, 2016
- 8 min
Staying Rooted When Life is Messy
by Krista Instead of running away from your problems, what if you stood stronger? Let’s be honest. Life doesn’t always end up the way we...
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- Sep 11, 2016
- 4 min
Stamp Collecting….In Memoriam
On this anniversary, I am reflecting on a post from 2006. The Trekkers My crisp new passport arrived yesterday. The blank pages seem...
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- Apr 7, 2016
- 1 min
Theology Thursdays: How does peace (as an attribute of God) relate to the believer’s life and
by Krista Last week, I was talking to some friends of ours who work with us in member care. When we asked how they were doing, they told...
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- Mar 26, 2016
- 2 min
Things I Hate (getting sucked in by the Pinterest vortex)
So, in a lapse of better judgment, I joined Pinterest over the weekend a couple years ago. Maybe a little ambitious for a girl who was...
Krista
- Mar 21, 2016
- 1 min
That’s a wrap!
The Master’s College has just released their new online course, The Land of the Bible. We shot the video on location (well, about 100...
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- Mar 18, 2016
- 2 min
Finishing Well….by one who did
by Krista This month, we lost a man who we were privileged to work closely with for a little more than a week at the language school....
Krista
- Mar 3, 2016
- 2 min
Theology Thursdays: Is God personal?
This is an attribute of God that really came alive to me in 2015. For a time, it was something I really wrestled with and fought through,...
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- Feb 18, 2016
- 2 min
Theology Thursdays: The Goodness of God
by Krista As you can imagine, the goodness of God is something counselees wrestle through all the time in my office. It is one of those...
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- Feb 11, 2016
- 2 min
Theology Thursdays: The wisdom of God
by Krista I am so thankful for the Wonderful Counselor who offers to train me in wisdom as I study His Word. What an awesome task to...
Krista
- Feb 4, 2016
- 3 min
Theology Thursdays: What is the relationship between infallibility and authority?
by Joel Authority is the reliability of Scripture. It is the reality that compliments “inspiration.” In other words, because God is the...
Krista
- Jan 28, 2016
- 2 min
Theology Thursdays: What does it mean that the Bible is “inspired”?
by Joel Inspiration is the breath (2 Tim. 3:16) of Creator God communicated through the words that make up the cannon of Scripture we...
Krista
- Jan 21, 2016
- 2 min
Theology Thursdays: What is the Bible’s authority on theological controversies?
by Joel The Bible has the final “say” on all theological controversies. In other words, when it comes to highly contested passages and...
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- Dec 10, 2015
- 1 min
Theology Thursday: How the attribute of God’s love relates to the believer’s life and counseling
by Krista In this series, I looked at a number of attributes of God and how they relate to counseling. With Christmas right around the...
Krista
- Nov 26, 2015
- 4 min
Theology Thursday: Compare and contrast the Bible and its authority to general revelation and its au
We live in a very spiritual area of the country. People literally come from all over the world to worship here, particularly during...
Krista
- Nov 24, 2015
- 1 min
Slow going
So, we were having breakfast on the back patio when we noticed one of the branches moving. When we looked closer, we realized this...
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