After a late spring rain when the sun finally peeks out and I step out my front door, the word “fresh” always comes to mind.…
View More Times of RefreshmentAuthor: Wendy McCready
Perfectionism vs. Pursuit
Hi, my name is Wendy McCready, and I am a…perfectionist. Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve-Step Recovery Program have made statements like these a common part…
View More Perfectionism vs. PursuitGod Gives the Growth
Plants are a hobby for me. The last time I moved I had to give away all of my houseplants, and it didn’t take long…
View More God Gives the GrowthI Have Called You Friends
My husband and I were relaxing in the living room of one of the elders and wife from the first church we pastored. The camaraderie…
View More I Have Called You FriendsStand By Your Man
“It’s so admirable how you’ve stood by your husband through all this.” As I was still reeling from the shifting opinions toward my husband, I…
View More Stand By Your ManServing the Not-So-Humble Lay Leader
When I left my rural Midwest community as an all-wise-eighteen-year-old and was plopped into the heart of inner-city Chicago to go to school, I began…
View More Serving the Not-So-Humble Lay LeaderGlory in a Small Package
How could the full glory of God be contained in one human cell–the very DNA of God shrunk down into the smallest microcosm of His…
View More Glory in a Small PackageSecure in Being a Sinner
A preacher I heard once said that the older he gets the more he realizes how much of a sinner he is. I can relate…
View More Secure in Being a SinnerServant or Doormat?
We have a doormat on our front porch. It’s one of those things you don’t think about too much because it’s just there all the…
View More Servant or Doormat?The Last Word
Okay, it’s an overused pun, but what better title for the closing article for our Living Word theme than this? Have you ever met anyone…
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