The Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) is probably the most famous teaching of Jesus. Recently it is something that has been coming up over and over again in things I am studying or listening to. It started with a book by Skye Jethani called What if Jesus Was Serious. Then the VOX Podcast started a series walking through the Sermon on the Mount. Finally yesterday, TobyMac released a song that was inspired by the Sermon on the Mount.
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Controlling the Tongue
This week I was reading a passage in James 3. I’ve read it many times before, but as I read it this time it struck me of how timely it was. It was something I needed to read. It is something I need to read again and meditate on. So in this post, I’m going to do something I’ve never done before. I am going to just post the passage. I encourage you to read through it a few times and meditate on it.
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Last week when it came time to put out a new blog post, it didn’t feel right to do another Fun Friday. It was not the time or place for that. This week I have thought a lot about what I wanted to publish. Looking back at the past couple of years, God has been doing a lot in my life. There has been a process of deconstructing my beliefs and examining what was really there. It hasn’t been an easy process and it is a journey I am still on. This week I am still going to provide a few recommendations, but they are books that I have read that really impacted me and changed how I view things. Don’t Jesus juke me when you find out that the Bible isn’t one of them.
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Today’s post is a guest post by Angela. You can look forward to seeing a post from her once a month.
Sometimes God sends us reminders in seemingly random ways. I was talking with a neighbor and he asked about the mission trip I’m going on this summer. I was sharing with him how I was excited to be going on another mission trip, as well as my qualms about it. Our church goes on a missions trip every summer. (If you want to know more about what we will be doing or how to support my trip click here). I haven’t been since before kids and honestly hesitated to commit to go this year. The logistics of childcare and the cost of the trip were overwhelming to me.
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So I did a thing yesterday. I launched a podcast. It’s called Love and Cookies. It was pretty surreal the first time I saw it listed in the Apple Podcasts app. If you are curious to know why I named my podcast Love and Cookies, you’ll have to go check out episode 0. If you are now curious to know why I started with episode 0, it’s because it’s an intro episode that explains how I came up with the name and what you can expect from the podcast.
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A few nights ago, at 1:30am, Angela and I woke up to Zeke screaming, “MOMMY!!!!!!” As a parent, you know the difference between a cry that needs immediate attention and one that doesn’t. Knowing something was wrong, Angela jumped out of bed to check on him. Zeke had a fever and his breathing was very raspy. Having been through this before, we knew we were probably dealing with croup. We headed to the emergency room and got him the medicine he needed. Within minutes of taking the medicine, he was doing much better. [Read more…] about Cry Out To God