Well, we’re doing it! It has been a fun week of “Orr School”, as we like to call it, but I am exhausted! I know that it will be a bit less energy once we have a good schedule and routine in place, but for now I have been consumed with the Fertile Crescent, Latin [...]
I recently finished The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler. Matt is one of my favorite preachers to listen to because I appreciate his commitment to the Word of God, and his tenacity in preaching it. It is staggering to me the amount of people who claim the name of Christ don’t truly understand the Gospel. It is [...]
You’re Already Amazing Embracing Who You Are, Becoming All God Created You to Be. Embrace. Hold close, with affection. Eager acceptance. There are many things I can embrace, easily. But, to embrace who God has made me—the strengths and the weaknesses—is no small feat. It seems innate to dislike so many things about who I [...]
Essentially a commentary on 1 Corinthians 13, Loving the Way Jesus Loves by Phil Ryken is a wonderful portrayal of what it means to love with the love of Christ. Each chapter in Loving the Way Jesus Loves takes a focused look at the different characteristics of love taught in 1 Corinthians 13. It also views 1 Corinthians 13 [...]
