Barnabas: Child of Encouragement
Have you ever felt like you were the sidekick to a bigger, more outstanding personality?
Have you ever felt like you were the sidekick to a bigger, more outstanding personality?
As a dad of two daughters, I have a lot of feelings about today’s feast day for Mary and Martha of Bethany.
I know that it is the season of Advent, but Christmas is on my heart and mind. It’s hard to avoid, since, in the words of fictional rock-n-roll legend Billy Mack, “Christmas is all around.” Christmas is on tv, in stores, in our email boxes, and of course, we’re inundated with holiday musical classics.
Being a long distance parent never gets any easier. You live with the constant feeling that something is missing. There
On Grow Christians, I have had the opportunity to share my family’s story and my own journey first through divorce,
Everyone was excited about the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, my six year old step-daughter Rose included.
I was married on January 14th of this year. Lent arrived not long after.
Pain, time, and distance have created a wedge that may never be overcome. What does that mean for my ministry of reconciliation?
Human beings break their promises. But God doesn’t break promises to us.
This will be the first Christmas in my life I did not spend with my daughter.