by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 28, 2014 | assumptions, attitudes, beauty, gratitude, heaven, pain, salvation, sanctification
I’d thought I’d heard all of my mom’s stories but as we sat at lunch about a year ago, she shared something I’d never heard before. It was a shocking and sad revelation for me. My mom and dad eating their wedding cake.Of course, I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 13, 2014 | attitude, compassion, courage, dependence, encouragement, faithfulness, gratitude, heart change, hopelessness, obedience
And the winner of Lane Jordan’s book, 12 Steps to Becoming a More Organized Women: Practical Tips for Managing Your Home and Your Family (Updated & Revised)…TA DA!… is…(drum roll—hear it!)…Jeanne Doyon. Congratulations, Jeanne, please...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 23, 2014 | encouragement, gratitude, honorable calling, hope, position in Christ, spiritual gifts
When Larry and I married almost 44 years ago, after a really long engagement of three months, (yes, really!), we exchanged matching wedding bands that featured links. On our first anniversary, we took some diamonds from an engagement ring that my great aunt...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 18, 2014 | blessings, Easter, forgiveness, grace, gratitude, heaven, peace, pleasure, salvation
When I was a little girl, I attended a church that encouraged going without something during Lent. I always picked chocolate. It was, and still is, my favorite food. It is a food group, right? Of course. But I hadn’t sacrificed anything for Lent for a long time....
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 28, 2013 | faith, gratitude, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, thanks, thanksgiving, Trust
Have you come across the definition that wikipedia.com gives for “Faith in Christianity”? Here it is: “In the understanding of Jesus it [faith] was an act of trust and of self-abandonment by which people no longer rely on their own strength and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 23, 2012 | faithfulness, forgiveness, grace, gratitude, obedience
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netI just finished reading Jesus + Nothing = Everything by Tullian Tchividjian. I highly recommend his book. His main emphasis is on how to live in “grace” throughout your Christian life, not just at the point of salvation.He...
