by Leslie Rowe | Aug 17, 2012 | for reflection, PRAY, spiritual practice
Sometimes ordinary moms turns into mama-bears. Just threaten our children and watch us craze. On the upper doorposts of the rooms that hold our family, or that held our family before kids grew up and left, yet still hold one more kid, there are mama-bear tracks....
by Leslie Rowe | Jul 25, 2012 | for reflection, PRAY, spiritual practice
God has some wild imagination. Just picture those hapless Israelites, out whining in the wilderness about what’s for dinner. In comes the Provider, sprinkles some wafer-honey-like-matter all over their neighborhood, calls it “manna,” and tells them to gather away. But...
by Leslie Rowe | Jun 19, 2012 | for reflection, PRAY, spiritual practice
I know that God cares about the lost more than anything. And I know that I don’t care about the lost like he does. I want to care. But I don’t. I’m asking him to change me so that I care. And I trust that he is doing it. My friend Julie Gillies has a saying: “First in...
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by Leslie Rowe | Mar 14, 2012 | authentic christianity, bible literacy, READ
[serialposts] Read 1 John 1:1-4 (ESV, NIV, The Message). Have you ever witnessed something so amazing, so beyond expectations, that retelling the experience makes your heart beat harder and your words tumble out fast like spilled water? Or you find yourself repeating...
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by Leslie Rowe | Oct 24, 2011 | engaged in culture, ministry
[serialposts]the back story, my story, and his story (about why young Christians are leaving the church) In Barna’s research on why young Christians are leaving the church, they identify some numbers worth repeating here: 1) the project spanned five years; 2) the...
