Message from God’s Word

The Good in Suffering

A good friend of mine always reminds me that “God wastes nothing” …including our suffering. It is amazing how the LORD can get our attention through our pain. I love this quote by C.S. Lewis, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone [...]

Speechless

Do you ever notice how people like to debate and at times argue over things they are passionate and confident about? I always find it captivating and sometime amusing when people try to debate God as shared in the Scriptures.In the book of Job, while Job is debating with his friends the Lord is the [...]

Singing Through Sorrow

So much of what we choose to do or not do is linked to our feelings. In our culture one of the things that we really link to our emotions is music. We play music to cheer us up or to calm us down or create a romantic environment with the one we love. [...]

The Richest People

We often look to those with the most wealth, power and influence as the richest people. But how rich can they be if it doesn’t bring contentment, peace or even enjoyment? I love Paul’s word regarding his own life in Philippians, “Not that I speak from [any personal] need, for I have learned to [...]

My Ebenezer: My Stone of Help

I was watching "Super Nanny" a couple of weeks ago, and was moved by the story of this mom that seemed incapable of disciplining her children because she felt like she was being a bad mom if she said no to them or enforced rules. As a result, her children were completely out of [...]

Staying Sustained by God

I have been working on some my sessions for Women’s Retreat with the theme, “Sustained by God.” I have been looking at the topic from many angles. One such angle I have been considering is how we become “unsustained.” (And yes, I did just make up that word) There are a number of things we [...]

Test Everything!

At camp one of the top requirements we post on our job requirements, is that candidates must have a vibrant walk with God to work in ministry here. It is essential…non-negotiable. The Lord feels the same way…we can’t do ministry without being in a vital and vibrant relationship with him. Jesus himself said, “Remain in [...]

Holy Scrappiness

The other day at our manager’s meeting, I threw out the question, “What skills have you learned at Mt. Gilead that you have found invaluable?” One of the replies made me laugh, but I immediately understood what Program Manager Grace Seder meant when she replied, “Scrappy”. The definition is “to have a determined spirit; [...]

Tag: You’re It!

Do you ever remember playing tag? You avoided receiving the words, “Tag! You’re it” because it would mean that you had to do a lot of running around chasing after other players. If you have been chosen to lead a retreat, you may feel like you are “it” running around, but not quite sure [...]

Accessibility of God’s Word

Last Friday, I stepped back in time for a few hours and went through the archives at Mt. Gilead. Usually, I pop in to drop off stuff, but this time I really wanted to sort through things, pare down on duplicated materials and reorganize boxes so they are easier to locate. It is amazing [...]

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