by Sara Stevens | Feb 18, 2021 | Love God Greatly Posts, The Gospel of Mark |
Today’s verses relay a critical moment in Jesus’ life and ministry: His calling of the twelve disciples. This is the beginning of a story of transformation. Jesus had many followers (also called disciples) at that time, but He chose only twelve to be His closest...
by Sara Stevens | Jan 14, 2021 | Love God Greatly Posts, Shame Breaker |
Before our wedding, we received a china tea cup as a wedding gift. Unfortunately, it shattered in the mail. The store didn’t allow me to return it so I made a mosaic frame from the pieces to hold a copy of our wedding invitation. I’ve looked at it many times over the...
by Sara Stevens | Dec 10, 2020 | Everlasting Covenant (Advent 2020), Love God Greatly Posts |
We need a redo. A toddler time out. A fresh start on how we view and treat people. Let’s jump right in the deep end. You and I might disagree about abortion, about LGBTQ+ leadership in the church, about ways to resolve racial injustices, about politics. (I am not...
by Sara Stevens | Dec 2, 2020 | Everlasting Covenant (Advent 2020), Love God Greatly Posts |
Hasn’t the world felt upside down in 2020? COVID is a disaster. Politics are contentious. People are on edge. Things feel uncertain. Plans are temporary. The rules of our day are ever changing. But, God. He is here. Stable. Steady. In these months of COVID, mask...
by Sara Stevens | Nov 1, 2020 | Jesus Our Everything (Hebrews), Love God Greatly Posts |
Hindsight is 20/20. That’s an expression in English that means it’s easier to “see” in retrospect, even if the choice or event was not clear in real-time. Looking back, the correct decision often seems obvious. There’s danger in believing the perfection of looking...