How did THAT Happen? Captive Thoughts

It’s amazing to me that I can merrily go along with my day; until I can’t.   Some days something is said, something implied, something misheard, misspoke, or some mishap occurs that completely changes my attitude, my perception, my blood pressure. It changes my whole outlook, my heart and my speech. I become closed in, angry, … Read more

Surrender 2016

“Surrendering your will to God lies at the very core of whatever grieves you today.” – Wayne Stiles I copied this quote a while back. I’ve come back to it from time to time- not quite ready to move on. It’s haunting me, dogging me, taunting me, pushing me, stretching me, teaching me. What? How … Read more

The 5 Dollar Spiritual Sacrifice

Reading 1 Peter this morning. These verses leapt off the page: ” As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 … Read more