Love Overflowing
The Mississippi River is the longest river in North America and the fourth longest river in the world. It is 2,320 miles long, 200 feet deep and one mile wide at its widest point. Any idea where it starts? As [...]
Phoenix in August
Phoenix in August. One hundred and seventeen degrees. The block and a half walk home from school feels like a trek across the Sahara desert. There is not enough Gatorade in the world. My three and five year olds have [...]
The Discipline of Love
My husband is an Olympics junky. He counts the days until the Olympics, cries during the medal ceremonies, and, for the past two weeks, has been constantly updating me on medal counts and trivia from Sochi. It’s the stories that [...]
How was neighborly love demonstrated?
This blog is part 3 of a 3 part series. You can read the first 2 parts of the series at the following links: Part 1 / Part 2 One key to loving our neighbor is understanding our neighbor’s immediate [...]
Priscilla’s Story
“A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.” Luke 10:30 There are so many ways that people get [...]
8 Ways To Love Your Neighbor
Today is a day we’ve all come to associate with roses and chocolates, candlelit dinners and Hallmark cards. It is a day that we spend focused on showing love to our significant others and those we already have deep relationships [...]
How do I love my neighbor like Christ?
This blog is part 2 of a 3 part series. You can read part 1 of the series here. Our study of the parable of The Good Samaritan first considered the question: Who are the people we are to love? [...]
How the poorest love their neighbors
“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” – Luke 6:38 Apply God’s [...]
What I learned from my refugee neighbors
I’ll never forget last summer when an old man came to my front door in the blazing heat of the desert, face sweating and hands shaking. He desperately asked if he could pull our weeds for some money, and I [...]
Who is my neighbor?
In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus tells an expert in biblical law that the path to eternal life is to obey the commandments, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength [...]