Bible – Anna Hubbard

Hypocrites are the worst

I used to think hypocrites were the worst. Give me the truly honest person any day – the person whose words and actions always line up. I’d rather have the person that outwardly rejects faith than the person who says he believes, but his life reflects something very different. How could I listen to someoneContinue reading “Hypocrites are the worst”

Whatever is True: COVID-19 Reflections

During times of doubt, crisis and stress – I tend to ask myself a question: what do I know to be true?

The Call to Be Weird

I stood in a hotel ballroom surrounded by many friends and acquaintances. There were some I knew well – and some whose faces were only vaguely familiar – but I felt so much solidarity with each person. We all shared a common purpose of going. We had counted the cost – and chosen to leaveContinue reading “The Call to Be Weird”

Chiefs Kingdom and a Better Kingdom

Just in case you somehow missed it – something pretty exciting happened last weekend. The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl. Fifty years since their last appearance (yes, 50 years!), the team whose may (or may not have) coined the term Super Bowl took home the trophy for only the second time ever. HavingContinue reading “Chiefs Kingdom and a Better Kingdom”

Scared of Everything

“I think you’re scared of everything.”

His words had barely escaped his mouth before I started refuting them. I began to cite all of the scary things I’d done.

A Year of Reading & Writing

As 2019 ended and 2020 begin, my Facebook feed begin to fill with lists of books. Friends wrote of books that had impacted their lives the previous year. They wrote of the number of pages they read, of the truths they’d learned. I’ve been a lifelong reader. I’ve said a number of times that booksContinue reading “A Year of Reading & Writing”

Hiding the Word in our Hearts

I had the privilege of growing up in a family that encouraged me to read the Bible and memorize Scripture. I remember memorizing passages of the Bible in Sunday School or Children’s Church even before I had the ability to read. I even diagrammed sentences in my school curriculum… from the King James Version! ButContinue reading “Hiding the Word in our Hearts”