We shortchange God. Not surprising, we’re human, we try to bring Him down to our level. We tend to relegate greater knowledge of Him to “the next life.” And yes, we are going to see a God of Glory we never imagined. But Psalm 31:19-20 hit me today as I was reading: Oh, how great Your goodness, Which You have laid up …
The Way Of God’s Favor
I’m working on a theory here. But I think I can back it up with the Word. See, we have favor when we follow and obey God. For example from Psalm 18:20-21 “The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from …
You Aren’t Really What You Eat
I challenge this statement. “You are what you eat.” I’m a fruit? A bowl of cereal? Sugar? Big Mac, Large Fry? Grilled chicken with a side of broccoli? Really? I’m constrained by what goes in my mouth? Jesus said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles them.” In other words, you ARE what you SAY! Look, raw food people …
Changes in the Hauck house
Since Tony handed over youth to another pastor, he’s been a bit adrift. His duties at the church were fine, and he did them well, but he wasn’t sure what God had next for him. We’ve been praying, working with house churches, doing the dream team down town, but this week Tony recieved an invitation to teach a few math …
Learning about prayer at my Mama’s knees
When I was a little girl, my father smoked. In fact, one of my first memories of him was listening to Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass, playing on the front porch while he smoked a cigar.He had a three packs a day habit. In the early ’60s, a lot of people smoked. My paternal grandmother smoked. My uncles and …
Believing based on truth
We live in a world where the truth is well… relative. Not like a cousin or an aunt “relative” but more like “if I choose to agree it’s truth” relative. Now I know there’s some “relatives” we all have we’d like to believe are not “true” but that’s another story. 😉 This morning I was talking to a friend and …
Beyond The Night by Marlo Schalesky
Please welcome fellow author, Marlo Schalesky who has a wonderful new release, “Beyond the Night” from Waterbrook, Random House.Marlo, tell us about the book, please. Well, here’s the official blurb: They say love is blind.This time they’re right. . . As a woman lies unconscious in a hospital bed, her husband waits beside her, urging her to wake up and …
Author Intrusion
This happens to me frequently. I wake up in the pre dawn and in a twilight sleepy wakefulness, God speaks to me. Story idea. Plot resolution. Encouragement. Ideas. Words for other people. This morning, He spoke to me about “author intrusion.” I shared it with our congregation as I led the way to Him in worship. Author intrusion is when …
Hearing God, Part III
Hearing God takes time. Focus. Dedication. My personal experience is I can’t hear God on the run (typically) and I can’t hear God out of angst or anxiety. My mind and emotions speak to me every time in those situations. Yet, there have been times when I was in turmoil and as I went to prayer, asking God for peace …
Behind the Scenes 5: Sweet Caroline
The ending of Sweet Caroline is unusual and unpredictable. But the ending is not random, but thought out and planned. There’s a reason I ended the story the way I did. Don’t despair, we learn more about Caroline in Elle’s story, Love Starts With Elle. Caroline’s ending is part of her life’s journey. For the first time in her life, …
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