By Linda Grabeman My computer knows me well. If I type the letter “B”, it fills in the blanks and Biblegateway.com pops up on my screen. Pretty cool. It knows me as well as any inanimate, man-made machine can know me. But it doesn’t know my heart, so let me give you a far better example of the joy of… Read More
By: Chloe Grabeman Have you ever encountered something that seems completely harmless in its natural state? But magnify its intricacies, how it’s made or what it can be used for, and you realize this seemingly innocent everyday element can be a weapon of destruction. Let me give you an example: Homemade chocolate chip cookies. When I was 14, my family… Read More
By: Linda Grabeman How would your life change if you really believed God loved you…unconditionally? Not just when you have your daily quiet time, attend church regularly or even better, go on a mission trip. No, in the middle of your yuck, when you’ve barely spoken to Him in days, you fall asleep without praying, or even worse, while praying,… Read More
By: Chloe Grabeman If you know me, it probably didn’t take you too long to realize that coordination is not my most prominent of talents. I’d like to say I’m “uniquely clumsy,” because it’s not the basic things people often lack grace in, I know my way around a dance floor and I am even a decent ice skater…. Read More
Have you ever tried to portray a cleaned-up version of yourself to someone? A sweeter, totally- got-it-together you? I have. And even crazier, I’ve done it to God. But then I’m smacked in the face with the truth I’ve always known: God gets me better than I do. Not one immortal second is spent wondering why I do the things… Read More
I am sure that at some point in a Christian’s life they have thought to themselves, “Thank God for C.S. Lewis…” If you haven’t read good ol’ C.S., I couldn’t recommend him more highly. One promise I need to rinse and repeat throughout my life is the descriptions of Aslan in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: “Of course,… Read More
By: Linda Grabeman We all search for answers. If we have a problem, we want to know how to fix it. We want a pill, a class, a self-help book, something. What if the problem is Fear? Worry? Stress? We all deal with those monsters. Well, I have good news, some weapons to tame these gargantuan beasts and keep them… Read More
By: Chloe Grabeman If we are honest with ourselves, we can look into our own lives and know exactly what Paul is talking about here. Your weakness. The thorn in your side. Those stubborn splinters in our flesh just deep enough escape the power of the tweezers. They never seem to miss an opportunity to remind you that life isn’t… Read More
