What’s not to Love about Halloween? Quite a bit actually. Any love affair I ever had with Halloween was short-lived. There’s nothing like having your husband out on business with your only car, a bazillion youths (not small children) showing up at your door with pillow cases and no costumes, having run out of candy […]
I remember when I was a kid, I was watching the movie that came on after Garfield Goose. It was a B movie called “Teenagers from Outer Space.” (OK, I didn’t know the name of it before the miracle of the Internet but it’s considered a prime example of a low budget 1950s sci-fi movie.) I […]
I have a few favorite prayers in the Bible and Solomon’s prayer of dedication of the Temple is one of them. There’s a lovely thread of repentance, love, and forgiveness woven throughout. The trust in God permeating this prayer is an unshakable trust in a covenant-keeping God. As you read through this prayer in 1 […]
For those of us who struggle with saying, “I’m sorry,” for those who have a hard time forgiving, and for those who worry that there is no coming home again after mistakes were made and we were the ones who made them, Jesus tells this amazing story about repentance and forgiveness. Luke 15:11 Jesus continued: “There […]
Chapel Worship Guide for Sunday 9 AM, October 27, 2013 The Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell Prelude Welcome—Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park Worship in Song: Hymn 35– Immortal, Invisible God Only Wise Hymn 48–O God, Our Help in Ages Past Scripture (Old Testament) Gen. 39:1-6; 20-23, 1 Now Joseph had been taken […]
Some of you may not have liked this topic of abuse. Maybe you have thought it doesn’t apply to you and you’d rather not read about it. Maybe it seems all too familiar and you’d rather forget it. The same principles apply whether we’ve been abused, we know someone who has, or whether we’ve lived […]
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. (Colossians 3:13 )
For those who have been abused, for their abusers, and indeed for all of us with sins small and great, we have this hope: Jesus Paid it All. He paid for all the sins so repentant sinners can be free to receive His forgiveness. His forgiveness makes it possible for us to be forgiving of […]
Why Didn’t God Stop the Abuser? Among the million questions that come to mind for abuse victims, this is probably one of the foremost questions. When I get to heaven, I have a whole file of things that are unanswered questions…hard questions…things that were too big and too heavy to ever wrap my mind around. […]
It is worth noting that many of the expressions of life after abuse revolve around self-image. The abuse victim looks inward, seeing something far from the beautiful being God created. It’s not that the beautiful being isn’t there, it’s that one’s perception of self has changed. People question their own: Value Worth Beauty Definition of […]
