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Scared of What Others Might Think?

by mrs violet I am in the middle of undoing some bad habits I let build up in my two-year-old son. Nothing terrible in the whole course of life, but things that I don't want to go on. One of the things that I have be…
A Lesson in Individuality from High School Musical 3...

by mrs violet Last Sunday, we all set out to a local cinema to watch High School Musical 3. My daughter had turned 12 during the week. She had asked to go and see it, in lieu of our traditional meal out. As we sat mun…
Governments and Authority From God- What Does Romans 13 Mean to You?

by mrs violet I have been reading through the last couple of chapters of Romans the past few days. Today as I was reading Chapter 13 and was struck again by these verses in light of the recent American elections. 1Eve…
Love is Tears, Fights, and Loneliness...

by mrs violet On my wedding night, my brother-in-law and I had a debate at the wedding table about what love is. I distinctly remember telling him that I believe that love was sometimes a choice - action in the a…
Don't Take It Personally, But You're WRONG

by mrs violet Last night at home group, we were working our way through Galatians 2, where we looked at the interaction between Paul and Peter. We were quite fascinated figuring out if this particular passage below has…
Does Family Suffer When Mom is in Ministry?

by mrs violet I wonder sometimes if the ministry of motherhood is becoming an undervalued thing in our churches. I have always been a woman in ministry. My first ministry is to my husband and to my family. But over …
Six Things God Hates

by mrs violet I was reading in the book Healing the Wounded: The Costly Love of Church Discipline that often churches and Christians are quick to criticize sexual sin because they see this as being a 'moral sin'. Yet t…
Humble Yourself Like a Child...

by mrs violet2He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoeve…
Feeling Guilty for Saying No to My Church

by mrs violet This week the youth leader gave out a general S.O.S for parents to help drive children to the camp which is a three-hour trip away. Arriving at midnight we could either drive home, or stay the night and…
Was it the Holy Spirit or the Devil? Coincidence or God?

by mrs violetAbout 18 months ago we went to a family camp with the church we were attending at the time. The camp happened to correspond with a Solemn Assembly which had been called on behalf of our nation, in which we …