Welcome to the new year! As we begin 2019, some people may view the next twelve months with excitement and positive expectations. Others may struggle to fight a feeling of apprehension and fear of what may unfold in the coming days. Today, we hope to encourage you with a few words written by Joni Eareckson Tada in her devotional A Spectacle of Glory. Early in the morning Continue Reading
Are you a good steward of the influence you have on others? That’s a convicting question, isn’t it? Most of us don’t even think about our sphere of influence; we don’t think about who’s watching us react to disappointments or who’s learning from our walk with Christ. We just assume... I’ve got friends and family, neighbors and coworkers, fellow students and folks in our Continue Reading
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end..." –Isaiah 9:6-7 Merry Christmas from Joni and Friends Irresistible Church! Continue Reading
Our son, born with severe disabilities, was medically fragile and spent most of his first year of life in the hospital. He was home just before his second Christmas, and we reveled in decorating the house and the tree for him. And then he suddenly got sick with a respiratory virus that put his fragile life in peril. He was placed in isolation at the hospital. Nurses, Continue Reading
Whenever I got snarky as a kid, my mother had this habit of staring straight at me and saying, "If you don't have anything good to say, don't say anything at all." Her words came to mind as I read the Exodus 14 account of Moses and the Israelites after they fled from Egypt and were trapped between the Red Sea and the Egyptian army. The Israelites were freaking out and Continue Reading
