Junk in the Trunk
We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing~ Billy Graham I heard a good friend recently suggest to a group of church leaders that if we’re not careful to be stay outwardly focused, the church could be guilty of hoarding. That word stopped me in my tracks. Hoarding? Not me. The dictionary defines hoarding as “an obsessive need to acquire (and failure to use or discard) a significant amount of possessions, even if the items are worthless.” Just as w
Parole or Freedom: You Choose
Today’s news headline read, “O.J. Simpson paroled…but still not free.” I’m definitely not a fan of O.J. and really didn’t want to reference him in a blog, but the headline caught my eye. Paroled…but not free. I think that probably describes many people I know. Parole is defined as “The conditional release of a prisoner.” Freedom is defined as complete liberation and deliverance from bondage or confinement. When we choose Jesus, we choose freedom. When we choose to add conditi
