by Emily Taylor | Jun 12, 2015 | Character of God, When Life is Hard |
I cannot sing. The first time I realized it I was about 9 and I recorded myself (on cassette tape) singing a clip from “The Little Mermaid.” When I proudly sat my family down for them to hear it, I was shocked and horrified when I realized I was not, in fact, Amy...
by Emily Taylor | Apr 7, 2015 | Angels, Easter, Eternal, Knowing God |
The day in history which most pointed to hope was preceded by exactly the opposite in the hours before. Everything so many assumed to come came to a crash on the hill of Golgotha where hope was drained from hearts even as they watched the life drain from the face of...
by Emily Taylor | Mar 6, 2015 | Character of God, Eternal, Gifts, Intentional living, Knowing God, Promises |
After opening about 2.5 gifts (out of about 250) last Christmas, Cruz decided he was over it. While the gargantuan pile of goodies wrapped in ribbon and cacooned in Christmas paper all but jumped out at him, he contentedly played with the original squeal inducing...
by Emily Taylor | Jan 13, 2015 | Character of God, Communication, community, Intentional living, Knowing God, love, Relationships |
Recently there has been a lot of attention given to a post entitled, “Dear Church, Here’s Why People Are Really Leaving You.” It made me ache. It made me sad, really sad. It made me feel misunderstood and it made me frustrated. Just being honest. And it stuck...
by Emily Taylor | Jan 3, 2015 | Eternal, Growth, Intentional living, vision |
The thing that cracks me up about the New Year is that we often make these goals that just lend themselves to scrutiny. Pretty lofty ones sometimes. And we mean it… mostly anyway. I mean, one goal of mine was to improve the timing of my blog posts, but here I am on...