As a child, I remember when my Sunday school knowledge about God and the Bible became too simple and dull. I was a jaded 12-year-old, having grown up saturated with what felt like dry, moralistic lessons drawn from the pages of scripture. The words… Continue Reading “Choosing to Go Back to Kindergarten”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Biblical truth, Bored with Christianity, Child-like Faith, Child-likeness, Christian, Daughter, Disciples of Jesus, Discipleship, Faith, Follower of Jesus, Godliness, Holiness, Hope, Humble, Humility, Immature, Kindergarten, Like a Child, Little, Little one, love, Lowly, Mature, Pre-school, Remember, Son, Sunday school, The Basics, The Bible, Trust God, Truth
Posted on December 20, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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Speculations on the beginning of the universe fascinate me. There is, of course, the Big Bang Theory (not the television show). It is the most commonly known hypothesis, proposing that all existing matter was at one time compressed into a tiny, infinitely dense speck… Continue Reading “Christmas: Choosing Small Beginnings”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Babies, Baby Jesus, Big Bang, Big Bang Theory, Christ Child, Christmas, Creation, Humility, Incarnation, Joy to the World, Little, love, Manger, Meekness, Nativity, Singularity, Small, Small Beginnings, Small Packages, Stable, Universe, Value System
Posted on August 9, 2021
by Jeff Herringshaw
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How many plans have been started with grand vision and then abandoned because of how insignificant and underwhelming the idea later felt? My visionary follow-through often struggles. Emotions of discouragement settle in when the glorious things I imagine don’t swiftly materialize. Not seeing an… Continue Reading “Choosing to Give What I Have”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Faith, Feeding the 5000, Fishes and Loaves, Gifts, Insignificant, Little, Miracle, Mustard Seed Faith, Obedience, Obey, Offering, Small, Small Beginnings, Small lunch, Too Little, Too Small