Monthly Archives: August 2016

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept it…

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

  Fellow Christian, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is this: people. Pure and simple… Big people, little people, black, white, and asian people. Nice people, mean people, loud and soft-spoken people. Poor people, rich people…all people. We … Continue reading →

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Redeemed How I love to Proclaim It!

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

“Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it, redeemed by the blood of the lamb. Redeemed, through His infinite mercy, His child and forever I am.” Those glorious words by the great hymn-writer, Fanny Crosby, reverberate through my soul as I … Continue reading →

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Pastors are People, too: Unrealistic Expectations for Church Leaders

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

It seems that every other day we hear of another disgruntled person leaving a church due to their displeasure with the pastor or, we hear that another pastor has been sent packing. What is the problem? Why do we change … Continue reading →

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Happy New Mama Year! A Fresh Start on Being “All In” for the Kingdom!

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

  Happy New Mama Year! No, that’s not a typo and this isn’t an old post. I realize it’s not January 1st, the time when most people set goals, realign their priorities, and start fresh but, I’m proposing a new … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Blessings from a Hospital Room

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

  Sometimes we gain the most from the people who have the least to give. I stepped out of my mother’s house into the blazing summer heat feeling like a cloth twisted and wrung out, emerging flattened, from an old-fashioned washing machine. I … Continue reading →

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