Until reading Acts 8:1-9:30 this week, I never realized what a great example Philip is to us. Not only was he passionate about evangelism, he also was aware of God’s plan, was sensitive to God’s leading and was obedient to
A few weeks ago, Chris had a great idea to start a new family tradition: having family picnic dinners on the living room floor and watching a movie together. Last night was our second installment. We enjoyed pizza and bread
Last night I decided that Avery desperately needed a haircut. Her hair wasn’t very full or long, but it was pretty unruly and uneven. So this morning I took her to a kiddie hair salon. She has been to the
…and all I got were these lousy T-shirts. (Actually, these T-shirts are awesome!) My sister, Karen, recently returned from 10 days in Prague, Vienna and Tábor (Czech Republic), where our great-grandfather was born. Karen is our family’s official genealogist. So while
Last week’s lesson was full! Five chapters plus many demonstrations of the Holy Spirit’s power through the disciples made for lots of exciting reading in the book of Acts. “Power” is the theme of chapters 3 through 7: Power for opposition
With two retired school teachers as her grandmas, we’re never short on people helping Avery get ready for school by practicing some school skills. One of those skills is the ABCs. Avery has been working on the ABCs a lot
Avery loves fish. In fact, “ish” was one of her first words and one of the first animals she recognized in books and other pictures (like on the Long John Silver’s sign!). So we gave her “Finding Nemo” for Christmas
In Acts 2, Jesus’ followers finally experience the Holy Spirit’s much-anticipated arrival. I’m sure they had no idea how the Spirit would arrive and indwell them. So God provided several signs of the Holy Spirit’s arrival, including an audible sound like the