Christmas – Erin H. Warren

Rejoice in Weakness: Advent Week 3

I loathe making mistakes. I’m not necessarily a perfectionist, but I don’t like looking incompetent or weak. So wouldn’t you know that the week of Advent where we focus on weakness would be the week I found a major typo in the reading plan. The scripture reading was supposed to be from SECOND Corinthians, notContinue reading “Rejoice in Weakness: Advent Week 3”

Advent Week 2: Rejoice in His Works

I don’t know about you, but I haven’t spent a lot of time studying 1 Chronicles. My eyes were opened this week during our Advent reading though. Many scholars believe Ezra to be the author of Chronicles, and 1 & 2 Chronicles are considered to be included a four-part series that also includes Ezra andContinue reading “Advent Week 2: Rejoice in His Works”

Advent Week 1: Rejoice in Salvation

I used to struggle with fear – irrational, improbable, sometimes paralyzing fear. I would beg God to remove this thorn. I asked repeatedly for Him to release me from this struggle, but He didn’t. One day, while in a mom’s small group, another mom shared how she overcame her fear: she memorized scripture. I foundContinue reading “Advent Week 1: Rejoice in Salvation”

How to Have Joy

Last Christmas was a new type of Christmas for our family. Five months into a diagnosis for my husband and no where near a solution, I knew that we weren’t going to be able to celebrate Christmas like we had in past years. We weren’t going to be able to go to Disney and showsContinue reading “How to Have Joy”

The Hope Cycle – Part 1

Part of me didn’t want to run into anyone at church yesterday because I didn’t want to answer the question. I knew they’d ask, and I truly didn’t want to be THAT person. But when you’ve gone to the same church your entire life, it’s unavoidable. “How was your Christmas?” So much of me wantedContinue reading “The Hope Cycle – Part 1”