Oct 16, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2 I sit down to meet my friend for coffee- a typical Saturday morning catch up and one of my favorite activities. We laugh, we get serious and we share a little bit of our...
Oct 10, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus...
Oct 5, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly – John 10:10 Just when we think our friendships are going well, the devil comes and steals our joy away. You may not recognize his schemes but the devil is...
Oct 3, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. -Proverbs 22:6 I have now entered a stage in life where a I feel like I’ve grown an extra appendage in the shape of a small child. Most would call this motherhood. Before I...
Sep 25, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
At last Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn loyalty to each other in the Lord’s name. The Lord is the witness of a bond between us and our children forever. – 1 Sam. 20:42 NLT. You’ve seen their Camp Winnipesaukee skits, you’ve laughed at...
Sep 25, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” -Exodus 3:13-14a The nerves were probably not...
Sep 19, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. -Philippians 1:3-5. How do you stay connected to your long-distance friends?...
Sep 12, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Jesus Christ” -Romans 3:23-24 The phone rang and rang. This was the third time this month I was trying to get ahold of her....
Sep 5, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” -Matthew 16:24 The most popular box checked on any Facebook event we are invited to is “maybe.” The fact that “maybe” even exists on...
Aug 29, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer each person. – Colossians 4:6 Like many stay-at-home moms, I’m also a full-time chef for my family of 3. My two signature dishes, chicken with spaghetti and chicken with...
Aug 22, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. -Hebrews 13:16 As an idealistic college student, I remember the moment when I met “my people”–the 20 somethings who cared about the same causes and had the same grand...
Aug 15, 2017 | Rooted Community from A to Z
And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. -Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV We all need excuses to spend time...
