Choose to Leave Complaining Behind
Mustard Seed Chronicles: Story Time with LU Grandma I’m, hot! I’m cold! Snowing again? More rain, really? Mac and cheese again, Mom? We had that yesterday! Why do I have to clean my room, it’s mine after all? I hate these masks! We have probably said or heard any one of those repeatedly. With these…
Who Is On the Throne?
Mustard Seed Chronicles: Story Time with LU Grandma For years, when I was a Student Advocate at Liberty University, I met with lots of students who had a myriad of issues. There were many who were trying to run their own lives and found it impossible to do it. They did not know what to…
Check Your Pulse
Whatsoever Series: Philippians 4:8-9 is a call to “whatsoever” well. Breathe it. Believe it. Live it. Do it. Speak it. Let it be the steady cadence of our beating hearts. The same exhortations could be said of God’s Love, this month’s theme, and to know Jesus fully for ourselves. To do what we believe, and…
That’s Love
Mustard Seed Chronicles: Story Time with LU Grandma What is love? And how does it apply to our lives? We love all kinds of things from pizza, cars and clothes to music and movies, etc. What does God say about love? The word love occurs 645 times in 575 verses in the New Living Translation…
Behold All Things Have Become New
Mustard Seed Chronicles: Story Time with LU Grandma I love butterflies! They are graceful, beautiful, and serve a purpose in pollination. They are a delight to watch as they flit around our flowers and yards. They don’t bite people either which is somewhat unique for an insect. I love them most because their life’s metamorphosis…
The Do Not Be Afraids of Christmas
Mustard Seed Chronicles: Story Time with LU Grandma There are four times when Gabriel says, “Do not be afraid” in the Christmas Story. I have wondered over the years why he had to continually tell people not to be afraid when he appeared but if we remember the last time God had spoken with Israel…
How Long Will We Hope?
Mustard Seed Chronicles: Story Time with LU Grandma From Genesis to Luke from Luke to Revelation In our society, because of our propensity for instant gratification, it’s hard for us to understand hope taking a long time before its fruition. In Genesis 3, God promises there will be a Redeemer to come that will crush…
How to Connect with Your College Student
Whatsoever Series: Students are about to travel home for Winter Break. Parents, there are a number of things you can do to be supportive of how much they’ve grown up while they have been away and be able to connect in new ways during the coming break. If you aren’t sure where to start, here…
Our Response Defines Our Character
Whatsoever Series: “Whatsoever is of good report…think on these things” (Phil 4:8-9). “…endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation” (Romans 5:4). This month, we welcome guest writer Abi Broda to the Whatsoever Series to encourage us to think on those things that demonstrate strength of character. Visit the Student…
Having A Screw Loose
Mustard Seed Chronicles: Story Time with LU Grandma We have heard this phrase, or maybe have said it of someone that they had a screw loose. Not a very nice phrase to say about anyone. When thinking about that, I again thought of my father. He was not only a gardener, but also a union…
