Posted on December 26, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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At the beginning of my senior year in high school, my family moved to another state. It was difficult for many reasons. The hardest one was that I was leaving a girlfriend (who would eventually become my wife). This was back before the internet… Continue Reading “Choosing an Incarnated God”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Advent, Baby Jesus, Celebrate Jesus, Christ's birthday, Christmas, For God so loved the world, God in the flesh, God's love, Holiday Season, In the flesh, Incarnated God, Incarnation, Jesus, Jesus' birthday, love, Messiah, Reason for the Season, Relationship with God, The Incarnation
Posted on December 19, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Christmas stirs my imagination. Not only can I endlessly ponder the significance of our eternal God becoming a full-fledged human, I am intrigued by the variety of responses in the Bible to this event: Bethlehem shepherds awestruck by an angelic light show; Nazareth residents… Continue Reading “Choosing the Way of the Magi”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Advent, Advent Season, Baby Jesus, Bethlehem, Christ Child, Christmas, Christmas Gift, Christmas Meaning, Christmas Story, Frankincense, Gold, Good Will Toward Men, Holy NIght, Jesus Follower, Jesus Followers, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Magi, Myrrh, Parthian Magi, Peace on Earth, Risk Takers, Seeking Truth, Star of Bethlehem, The 3 Kings, The 3 Wise Men, The Magi, The Star, The Three Kings, The Wise Men, Wise Men
Posted on December 12, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I was in the third grade when I painfully discovered something about myself. A teacher was giving a math lesson on the multiplication table using a chart with colored geometric shapes. She asked for a volunteer to provide the answer to 3X3, referring to… Continue Reading “Choosing to Call Out Courage in Another”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Affirm, Affirmation, Compassion, Correct, Correcting Others, Courage, Destiny, Do the right thing, Encourage, Encouragement, Encouraging, Gideon, Give, Give Strength, Give Support, Help, Help Out, Hero, Identity, love, Mighty Hero, No Condemnation, Strength, Strengthen, Strengthen another, Support, Telling the Truth, True Identity, Truth, Truth Teller
Posted on December 5, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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The word “holiness” has always fascinated me while at the same time making me feel uncomfortable. Throughout the scriptures, it is used to describe God, His Spirit, His dwelling place and many of the things he does and has done. My discomfort comes from… Continue Reading “Choosing to Be Holy”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Anti-Death, Death, Holiness, Holy, Holy God, Holy Lifestyle, Holy Living, Holy One, Jesus, Purification, Purity, Righteous Living, Seeing God, Set Apart, Spiritual Death