Habakkuk 2:4 But the righteous will live by his faith! Sally Hagenhoff forwarded me an email last week that I can’t get out of my head. It’s from Jacques Rancourt, the discipleship pastor over at Manassas Baptist. I suppose it strikes a cord with me because our family has pursued a special needs adoption from China and we know the uncertainty of that process. But it’s more than that. Jacques’s words strike at the heart of the toxic and smothering…
1 John 3:17-18 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. Sunday was our annual “Operation Neighborhood” Christmas Spaghetti Dinner. This is the third year we have had this ministry event which pairs GLCC families with families who have benefited from our food pantry throughout the…
Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced… that [nothing] in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Every Thanksgiving my entire family travels up to Pennsylvania for a feast of turkey, stuffing and all the traditional trimmings with family and friends. On black Friday while everyone else is scooping up those door buster specials at Target, my dad and I along with Josh (and this year Amanda!), my…