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You Are Worth Pursuing - Sharon Jaynes
Did you know that God is pursuing you…still? I was in college when I first eyed my husband. He was sitting on the floor at a friend’s Bible study gathering with his back against the wall, dressed in scruffy jeans and a red flannel shirt with the sleeves rolled halfway up his muscular forearms. His thick brown hair and chocolate-brown eyes left me weak in the knees. Read more…
Sharon Jaynes,
Sunday Stillness - What type of glue are you using? - Growing Through God's Word
Sunday Stillness – What type of glue are you using? From Jesus Calling – September 2: Living in dependence on Me is a glorious adventure. Most people scurry around busily, trying to accomplish things in their own strength and ability. Some succeed enormously; others fail miserably. Both groups miss what life is meant to be:… Continue reading Sunday Stillness – What type of glue are you using?
Janis Cox,
The Privileged Life: When No News Is Very Good News
“…for in Him we live and move and have our being….” (Acts 17:28a) The latest media news cycles have been chock full of devastating events. After more than two years of pandemic hea…
Nancy C. Williams,
When You Feel There's Just Not Enough Time - Sharon Jaynes
Anybody besides me having a busy fall? My goodness, it’s all a blur. I feel like we’re supposed to eat turkey under the Christmas tree while dressed in a Halloween costume! So how do we make time to spend with Jesus in the hustle and bustle. Keep reading and let’s take a look. “I just never have enough time to spend with the Lord,” Amanda cried. Read more…
Sharon Jaynes,
What It Looks Like to Walk In Union with Jesus
“Blondin” was the stage name for Frenchman Jean-Francois Gravelet. He was a young man who migrated to the United States with a troupe of acrobats employed by Master Showman P.T. Barnum. In 1858, the thirty-five-year-old Blondin visited Niagara Falls as a tourist and there conceived the preposterous idea of walking across it. In his mind’s eye, he saw himself walking between the two countries, the United States and Canada over the great gorge on nothing more than a rope pathway taut between the two.
Sharon Jaynes,
Working Restfully | Dreaming Beneath the Spires
We were created to work out of a place of rest, Sally writes in a beautiful blog post. Indeed! These are increasingly red lights for me: Being over-tired, being stressed, over-working, being anxious, obsessing. Because you see, his yoke is easy, and his burden light. When I am doing too much, am rushing ahead […]
Anita Mathias,
When You Feel There's Never Enough Time - Sharon Jaynes
Everyday secular activities vie for our attention, while our times of worship and communion are relegated to Sunday morning worship, early morning quiet times, and mid-week Bible studies (if we can fit them in). We spend the majority of our days operating in secular, day-to-day activities and feeling guilty for the lack of time spent in sacred communion with God.
Sharon Jaynes,
Trinity Sunday: God is a Verb not a Noun
“There is no subject where error is more dangerous, research more laborious, and discovery more fruitful than the oneness of the Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.” – …
Joseph Echano,
The Contagiousness of Grumpy and Grateful - Sharon Jaynes
Our attitudes are contagious whether grumpy or grateful. Whether we complain or give thanks, others around us will tend to do the same.
Sharon Jaynes,
When You Want to Feel Closer to God - Sharon Jaynes
Most of us come to Christ with a certain “inloveness”—a stirring of emotion mixed with an inexplicable knowing that we’ve discovered our reason for being. But some years into our spiritual journey, the wonder that swelled during the early years ebbs into routine religion laced with busyness. And we secretly question the point of it all.
Sharon Jaynes,

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