Take Up Your Cross
In Mark 8:34 Jesus says, “If any want to become my followers, let them take up their cross, deny themselves and...
In Mark 8:34 Jesus says, “If any want to become my followers, let them take up their cross, deny themselves and...
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
Imagine that at 12:01 on New Year’s Eve, God gives each of us a brand new book. This book has 364 pages, and all...
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
Hirshel Jaffe, called The Running Rabbi says, “For over 20 years as a rabbi, before my illness, I had helped others through crisis. I was supposed to have all the answers. Yet when I got sick, I discovered I didn’t have them. I felt confused, frightened and desperate. My experience with serious illness has made me want to share with you what I’ve learned.
When my physicians noticed how depressed I was in the hospital, they said, 'Be a rabbi—go and counsel other patients.' I did, and my energy and zest for life came back."
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
Saturday, I received a rare and wonderful gift. What was this rare and wonderful gift which I received? It was a...
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
I have regrets. I wish that I would have communicated with my brother more during his last years of struggling with Parkinson’s disease. I regret that I didn’t visit my step father more frequently after my mother died. I procrastinated too long and too often and now it is too late. So today, I am listening to the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson who says, “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
Let your light shine before men. That they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven. Matthew 5:16...
Karen Mulder | 1 min read
Bill Hybels recalls a life changing moment for him when he was a second grader. His teacher, Miss Van Soelen was reading a Bible story from 1 Samuel 3:1-10 to the class. This is the story where the Lord keeps calling Samuel. After three times, Samuel realizes it is the Lord and says: “Speak Lord, for your servant is listening.”
After the reading, Bill approached his teacher and being amazed that God would speak to a boy, Samuel; he asked her, “Does God still speak to little boys today?” “Absolutely, God still speaks” she answered. She reached into her desk drawer and gave him a piece of paper.
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
Pick up that 200 pound phone and call her!
Recently, I was causally reading Anne Lamott’s new book, Help Thanks Wow—and the following words jumped off the page, confronting me. Here are those words:
“God must love to hear us calling our meth-head cousin just to check in because no one else in the family speaks to him.”
So, Ann says,” I picked up the two-hundred pound phone, dialed his number, and said, “How are you?”
Karen Mulder | 2 min read
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