"Amy, you don't know God," my professor gently emphasized. He was right; I didn't. I can't remember a day in my life that church wasn't part of the equation. My parents were faithful to keep me engaged. Sunday school, prayer meetings, and youth group activities filled my week. I have an old Bible from when …
Daring to Hope
"Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!” (Lamentations 3:21-24 NLT) Here we go! Two weeks ago, we headed to Kentucky in a packed car with …
I Can’t Believe This Is It?
Well, the time has come, and tomorrow we head out to begin our trip to Wilmore, Kentucky. It’s a miracle, too, how everything has unfolded, and we are holding on to hope for another big miracle to follow. Earlier this week, we had a bit of a financial crisis. An unexpected bill got dropped in …
I Don’t Want To Do This Anymore
I've been re-reading a book that Richard and I read when we planted the church ReaLity. No Compromise is the life story of Keith Green written by his wife, Melody Green. It tells the story of how Keith and Melody came to believe in Jesus and then follow Him. Something about their story and Keith's …
I Don’t Want to Compromise
I knew when I closed the last page of Melody Green's book on the life of her husband the late Keith Green, I couldn't live the same anymore. During the late 90's, Amy and I were gobbling up biographies and autobiographies of some great people of the faith, and it was changing everything. Keith Green …