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Around the Supper Table
As I entered into my young adult years, I struggled with various mental health problems as I left the comfort of the scripted world of formal education and entered the work force. As a result of much love and patience.....
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Around the Supper Table #163 – Because it is Mine
”And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.” - 2 Samuel 23:11.....
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Around the Supper Table #162 – What is Your Truth?
Ok confession time. I am an emotional, sinful, fallen person. Probably no shock to most of you. I like to think of myself as an intellectual void of emotion that only rationalizes through my problems, but just below that veneer.....
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Around the Supper Table #161 – God’s Pruning: Part 2
In last week’s blog, I wrote about the verse in John 15:1-2 where Jesus said that He is the Vine, and we are the branches. I made the point that all blackberry canes need to be cut back, so they.....
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Around the Supper Table #160 – God’s Pruning
In John 15:1-2 Jesus says, “I am the true Vine and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit He taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, He purgeth it, that it may bring.....
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Around the Supper Table #159 – Yeah, I’m Fine: Part 2
Last time, I gave you a little background on how I became an insecure, raging, control freak. But I refuse to live my life in fear, in victimhood, in regret, and in shame. Through it all, I became a fighter. .....
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Around the Supper Table #158 – Yeah, I’m Fine
A few days ago, Kerah, my eleven-year-old daughter, had an emotional breakdown. I didn’t wake up that morning and know that I was going to be dealing with that on top of everything else, but dealing with the unexpected is.....
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Around the Supper Table #157 Evolving or Devolving; Progressing or Regressing
Well, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that we are devolving, going away from the high standards our forefathers set. I believe we are all slipping into the belief that our children, the next generation should have it.....
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Around the Supper Table #156 – The Black Shirt
This week, we are excited to feature a supporter and our first guest writer, Debbie McLeod. We appreciate you sharing your experience so that others may be encouraged. ____________ This story is about how God uses us without us realizing.....
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Around the Supper Table #155 – Kicking and Screaming: Radical Dependence
If you think being a Christian won't have struggles, trials, and persecution, you are as they say ‘in the wrong profession.’ Jesus says in John 15:20, “If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.” Despite knowing this, a.....
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