159 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 2
A Scripture study from Caring, part two of seven. Find part one here. Devotion: the act of dedicating something to a cause, enterprise or activity. Acts 2:42 tells us that the early believers “devoted themselves.” They devoted themselves to teaching, fellowship, breaking of
158 Table-ology: Thanksgiving and Transformation, Part 1
A Scripture study from Caring, part one of seven. What if we celebrated Thanksgiving and every meal as the early Church of Acts did? They followed a daily discipline of worship in the Temple, followed by meals at home, every meal a
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As we move closer to Christmas, life seems to move at a much faster pace. What if there were a simple way to spend just a few minutes a day focusing on the reason we celebrate—the love that came to
God’s Given Gift of Rest: A Bible Study
I’m not sure if you have trouble observing Sabbath in your daily life. According to Lifeway Research, seven in 10 churchgoers take their Sabbath on Sunday. Few take it on Saturday (5 percent), Friday (1 percent) or Monday (1 percent). For
What a Jerusalem trip taught me about loving others in my ordinary life
“That hill is Mount Moriah,” explained Boaz, my tour guide. “It’s where Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac.” Standing across the valley on Mount Scopus in September, I did a mental calculation. According to Scripture, 6,000 years ago a man named Abraham
How will you arrive home?
An excerpt from “Pilgrim: 25 Ways God's Character Leads Us Onward” “God is going to do big things with your life,” we often hear. No doubt well meaning, but is it true? Is it big when God allows a believer to
To suffer differently
Max’s interminable ruminations, always worrying about never getting it right, never being good enough in his career, had the effect of both sweeping him into the fast track of advancement—because of how hard he worked in response to his worry—and
How control issues invite a closer connection to God
Maybe you deal with anxiety by going into control mode. If I asked you to tell me specifically what causes you anxiety, what isn’t working in your life, what would you say? Chances are many of you wouldn’t point to
Joy Happens
A Scripture study from Caring. Have you ever had a moment when you thought you understood something well and then God challenged your knowledge? I thought I understood God’s joy and then God instilled a calling for my husband and I to
“This Train Is Bound for Glory”: Q&A with the author
All aboard! Rooted in the tradition of an African American spiritual, “This Train Is Bound for Glory” by Alice Faye Duncan and illustrated by Paul Kellam, is a mesmerizing picture book that takes readers on a cosmic journey to heaven,
An enduring faithfulness: How The Salvation Army shaped my town—and me
It was the fall of 1899 in my hometown of Monkstown—then known as Paradise Sound, a tiny, isolated community accessible only by boat in Newfoundland, Canada. The town had no church building and no regular full-time minister. In faith, the
6 major takeaways from the ‘Find Rest’ territorial holiness retreat
They were dreaded words. They were unwelcomed words. They were words that, as a child, would inevitably lead me, as it might most children, to frustration, anger and tears. “You need a nap.” “You need to take a rest.” “You