by Lynda Hart | Jul 29, 2024
Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is, undoubtedly, the greatest sermon every preached, and it begins with something called the Beatitudes. Generally speaking, it’s a Ways to be blessed—all good stuff, right? Well, sure, we say, of course they are! But I’d invite you read...
by Lynda Hart | Jul 22, 2024
When we hear the word “grace”—what’s the first thing that comes to mind? For many—myself included—we think of the hymn Amazing Grace, particularly the very first line: “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me…” John Newton wrote those...
by Lynda Hart | Jul 15, 2024
African church tradition maintains that this Ethiopian eunuch, named Bachos according to Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo tradition, was the first Christian missionary to share the Gospel in Africa. What sticks out the most to me, as I read this passage, is the question...
by Lynda Hart | Jul 8, 2024
I found this a few years ago at www.sparkpeople.com… Remember God can use anybody! The next time you feel like God can’t use you, just remember… Noah was a drunk. Abraham was too old. Isaac was a daydreamer. Jacob was a liar. Leah was ugly. Joseph was...
by Lynda Hart | Jul 1, 2024
Beth Jackson-Jordan, Director of Spiritual Health at Emory Decatur Hospital, writes, “We need a spiritual model of aging that goes beyond old age as a ‘Symbol of Blessing’ or Symbol of Loss.’ I find ‘Old Age as a Calling’ helpful.”...
