Dear Celebrate Recovery family, Today, you celebrate your one-year anniversary of ministry in the community. I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for all you have, and will continue to mean to me. While I realize that I’m no longer an active part of worship and ministry with you, Celebrate Recovery willContinue reading “Dear Celebrate Recovery family,”
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Praying for Others
Recently, an acquaintance spoke of praying for others. The gist of the comment was that she no longer believe God hears her when she prays for herself, but that He hears when she prays for others. My response was this: And this is precisely why we all pray for others. Sometimes when we are removedContinue reading “Praying for Others”
Shake it Like a Polaroid
Do y’all remember Polaroid cameras and pictures? When you used a Polaroid camera/film, the picture would come out blank and you – well at least I – would shake it to develop the picture. Often times though, I would shake too vigorously and the picture would get screwed up. The colors would run, or partContinue reading “Shake it Like a Polaroid”
A Snowglobe Morning
I like snowglobes. You shake them up and watch the “snow” fall in the village, on the family or around the world that is inside. The snow swirls and then slowly starts to settle. Finally, everything is still again until the next shake up. My life was in the starting to settle point. A recentContinue reading “A Snowglobe Morning”
Prayers for Haiti
So many of us are praying for Haiti and many don’t even know what to pray. Let’s place our prayers here so that others can join in our prayers, get ideas of what to pray for or simply just know that we are doing what we say we’ll do. God, as you know, I oftenContinue reading “Prayers for Haiti”
Change is Coming
My family will be making some changes in the next few months. I like change… when it is MY idea. Otherwise, I don’t like change. I don’t like change when it is unexpected. I don’t like change when it disrupts my routine. I don’t like change when I am not the one controlling it. SoContinue reading “Change is Coming”
VBS is over…until next year!
My feet hurt, my head aches, my ears are ringing and I have a smile on my face. Vacation Bible School has just finished. Two of my kids are in bed, the other is in bed reading his Bible (seriously, by no prompting from me). I feel the need to celebrate and sit quietly and justContinue reading “VBS is over…until next year!”
My prayer for Jon and Kate
I, along with a friend, have felt called to pray for Jon and Kate Gosselin. You may know them from the TLC reality show Jon and Kate Plus 8. There has been a firestorm surrounding them lately. Their marriage is in trouble. I have been there. I understand the feelings. I understand the hurt andContinue reading “My prayer for Jon and Kate”
Facing the Wolf
This morning a good friend, at least I call him one of my good friends, read a devotion during our prayer group. The devotion was called “The Good Shepherd.” As he was reading, I remembered the parable of the Lost Sheep and I thought about the sheep as it was caught in the brambles, facingContinue reading “Facing the Wolf”
Encouragement
In the last few weeks, my time with God has led me to 2 main things – encouragement and praying for those who persecute you. In thinking about encouragement, I really think that we as human beings are not all that great about encouraging one another. Sure we say, good job, and then we goContinue reading “Encouragement”
Rev. Kris Mares 