As Advent began a little over a month ago, I was trying to figure out a new tradition I could start to celebrate. I talked with friends, read blogs, searched the internet, and brainstormed, yet so many of the ideas I found all centered around doing things with your family each day... with the people… Continue reading A New Advent Tradition
Category: Bekah’s Heart
Being Sick on Christmas
I am extremely thankful for gracious staffmates. We share ideas. We share lunch together each day. We share joys and struggles in ministry. People around here like to share. However, I think there are some things that aren't meant to be shared... like colds. 
Despite this truth, I caught a cold just days before… Continue reading Being Sick on Christmas
More Me
As I was going through random files on my computer this afternoon looking for something, I stumbled upon a file that contained a list of some of the many lessons God taught me while on internship last year. As I read through that list today, (some of which is posted here) this bullet point really… Continue reading More Me
In the working and the settling…
Ever have those days when a message gets repeated over and over and over in various contexts? …one of those days where you start to think that maybe God might be trying to tell you something? Today is one of those days for me. The “something” isn’t anything grand or revolutionary. It’s nothing new… God’s… Continue reading In the working and the settling…
My Changing View of Grace
Living in grace doesn't give me an excuse to do whatever I want simply because "God will forgive me.", but it also removes my excuses to live a cautious, risk-less life. Grace calls me to action. Grace gives courage to try, even if failure may follow. Grace is not about having it 'right', but rather… Continue reading My Changing View of Grace
Deeper than my View of Grace
As I mentioned in Friday’s post I led a presentation at a middle school/high school retreat Saturday. (I meant to post this on Saturday, and even had it written, but am just now getting it posted.) Anyway, I used part of Jami Smith’s song, “Your Love is Deep” to outline our time together at the… Continue reading Deeper than my View of Grace
The Walls that Divide
This afternoon, I found myself thinking about a lot of things. Mostly... about the walls that often divide us... walls in schools, homes, churches, friendships, and more. These walls often come from areas of pain in our individual lives. Following is a musical response I wrote this afternoon... not perfect... recorded only on my computer… Continue reading The Walls that Divide
Speak Only Words That Make Souls Stronger
We come up with all the right phrases: “Love the sinner, hate the sin.” “Do unto others that you would have them do unto you.” But what does that REALLY LOOK LIKE… What does that look like in the HARD situations??? … when someone hurts you and you struggle to forgive? … when you disagree… Continue reading Speak Only Words That Make Souls Stronger
Ask, seek, knock … BREATHE
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. (Matthew 7:7, 8 ESV) Ask, seek, knock. They seem simple. They are. As… Continue reading Ask, seek, knock … BREATHE
I’ve been wanting to write….
I think I haven't been writing much lately because I feel like I have TOO MANY things write about. That logically doesn't really make sense but I'm hoping you understand. I’ve been wanting to write about everything that God's teaching me through the phrase 'Breathe Life'... That it's important to do this everyday... The breathing… Continue reading I’ve been wanting to write….
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