“Jesus said, ‘Do to others as you would have them do to you.’ ” Luke 6:31 (NIV) Acceptance: the act of accepting: the fact of being accepted: approval (Merriam-Webster) This word can mean many things.  Acceptance can mean you have received something and hold on to it.  It can mean you have achieved ...

Church is an emotionally loaded word for many.  For some, it pulls forth feelings of inadequacy–of not measuring up.  For others, it engenders “ought to do” feelings: the doing sometimes creates pride and other times produces failure.  Church speaks to others of “Sunday best” and plastic facades that are left ...

“Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be ...