by Laura Naiser | Apr 18, 2016 | Depression/Anxiety/Fear, God's Character and Kingdom, Relating With God and Other People, Resources, Resources for Abundant Living
When my youngest son, Justin, was about 5, we bought him an Indiana Jones action figure set. He loved it and played with it all the time. But, one day I noticed he hadn’t played with it in a while. In fact, he had tried to hide it. When I asked him about it, he hemmed...
by Laura Naiser | Oct 26, 2015 | Holidays, Resources for Abundant Living
Friday I spent the day sewing (badly) a costume for my son. He was helping out at our church’s Masquerade Bash and wanted a non-scary but cool costume. He loves Lord of the Rings and so he wanted to be Faramir, Captain of Gondor’s Ithilien Rangers. As I sewed (and...
by Laura Naiser | Apr 20, 2014 | God's Character and Kingdom, Holy Week, Impacting Our World, Inspiration, Relating With God and Other People
During the forty days between his resurrection and ascension, Jesus appeared to his disciples and prepared them to spread the good news in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth (see Acts 1:8). In this brief period of time, the...
by Laura Naiser | Apr 6, 2014 | Impacting Our World, Relating With God and Other People, Relationships, Resources for Abundant Living
I shared in a previous blog post, Don’t Hide Your Crazy, the importance of sharing our untidy stories and struggles as a means of helping others. In today’s post we look at an important corollary: we must discern what, when, and with whom we share....
by Laura Naiser | Mar 24, 2014 | Bible Study Related Posts, Inspiration, Relating With God and Other People
For years I felt guilty because I was so sporadic about setting aside early morning quiet time. I always felt like I was a slacker with God because I didn’t get up every day at 5:00 a.m. and formally pray, read a devotional book, and study my Bible first thing in the...
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