Why take time to reflect at year end? Because God made us to grow and learn as we progress through life. We waste our hardships and our sorrow when we…
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This post was originally published on December 21, 2011. Last weekend my husband and I were blessed to attend a concert here in Dallas by the Orpheus Chamber Singers. Although…
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It’s December 18th as I write this. With only a week until Christmas, most of us are busy wrapping gifts, finishing up work that must be done by the end…
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I spent several hours Wednesday at the Operation Christmas Child processing center packing little boxes into big boxes. What a joy to give my time to children at Christmas! We arrived…
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Image courtesy of christmas-clipart.com Hope helps us persist no matter what. Hope focuses on the future and what can be rather than what is. Hope believes something better is ahead…
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I can’t seem to shake heaviness this Thanksgiving as I think of people who are struggling with major hardships, many friends who are bearing sorrow and loss, and thousands being…
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What makes you feel that your efforts are valuable? Their big size? Getting public acknowledgement? Seeing the results? When do you feel that you are serving Christ? Does it have…
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Volunteers are the backbone of the church. I have volunteered in a myriad of roles as well as serving as on church staff leading ministry, coordinating many volunteers. When workers…
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I have heard people placed in various ministry positions complain about having to go to training. Most of them expressed one of two reasons that they rarely attended. Either they were…
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When I was a volunteer in charge of a women’s ministry in my church, I learned by trial and error. If you find yourself leading a ministry in your church,…
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