Every fall a flurry of emails go out amongst MMCW staff. We begin praying and talking about a theme to run throughout our posts for the upcoming year. In 2010 our theme was Walking in Wisdom: Shoes Optional. You may have noticed our button on the …
Mentoring Series
Grace for the Moment
Grace for the Moment Daily Bible: Spend 365 Days reading the Bible with Max Lucado – eBook NCV Grace for the Moment Daily Bible Have you ever resolved at the beginning of the year to read the Bible through only to find yourself falling away …
Resolved
The Peanuts characters Lucy and Charlie Brown were having one of their deep philosophical discussions. Lucy said something like, “Charlie Brown, imagine you are on a cruise ship in the middle of a beautiful sea. Some people on the ship arrange their deck chairs at …
The God Who Meets Needs
What has the Lord done in your life this week? This year? For me it has been seeing God move mightily in the life of a single mom. My friend is one of my heroes. She has raised two teenagers who love the Lord with …
My Ebenezer
I was sifting through mountains of photo files, looking for a few photographs that I needed. With every file I opened, I kept repeating the same thing. “Oh, I remember that!” or “Oh, I had forgotten that!” In the middle of the reminiscing, this is …
Blessing in the Mundane
“Come near to the Lord, and He will come near to you.” (James 4:8). Some days no matter how hard I try, I can’t escape the cloud of dissatisfaction that wants to keep me down; thinking only of what I don’t have. While this is …
No Room for Envy
Envy is the great enemy of thankfulness. We cannot at the same time be jealous of what someone else has and be thankful for what we have. That’s why it’s so necessary to discipline ourselves to be focused on all the good that is our’s, …
Part of a Whole
He started in the wrong key and his music clashed with the others for a few brief notes. I could tell by the subtle grimace and blush on his face that he realized his error. He very quickly adjusted, and the rest of the band …
Gushers from Boulders
I had a tooth that was causing me extreme pain. We prayed and the tooth improved completely. Our Christian dentist saw the before and after X-ray. However, he told us that God can heal a person’s soft body but not a hard tooth. He went …
Spiritual Antihistamines
It had been a while since I’d had any gluten. (It’s amazing how quickly one can forget the terrible times I’d endured.) As I reached for the golden glazed bit of sweet heaven I told myself, “It’s just a little bit. Surely it won’t be …