Morning Briefings

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/cf588e42/double-down-on-this-no-51-acts Somewhere in the middle of the airplane I sat, winging my way west to Southern California ... right after take off, I got out my pink Filament Bible  1  and started reading further in Acts, when I noticed the guy across the aisle was reading his Bible too . What?! That was a first on an airplane...and I liked it.  hmmm...   And then, from the smiling part of my brain, I recall one mor

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/298ec333/gamechanger-he-is-no-50-acts What's the point? When I read a passage of Scripture, I endeavor to determine the main point-- including what I learn about God,  what He might have me apply to myself and readers near and far. As we turn the page in Luke's rendering of the spread of the gospel in Acts 18 and 19, it would be easy to miss that Paul is embarking on his third and final missionary journey. Reading this pass

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/250d6c37/may-this-be-you-and-me Does this  W o R D  describe you?    I remember a day I was kinda putzing in the kitchen with two of my boys nearby, and I turned and asked them,  ' What are you devoted to ?'   And they did what you would likely do . . . they turned and looked at me and said, 'What?!'  Partially because the question came seemingly 'out of the blue'  but also because the word  devoted   itself seems to have l

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1d08652e/power-for-your-day-2126 The text message read, "I am heading to Tennessee for corporate training. Would you mind sending me a prayer I might lift up each day? My time will be crazy!" Who could say 'no' to that?  I never say 'no' to someone who asks for prayer. Fact is, we need God today, but some of us are new at the Christian faith, others just cracking the door open again, still others 'tapped' beyond capacity b

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1a49bdeb/earth-to-god-can-you-hear-me " Earth to God " - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvMQ_xStg9M&list=RDfvMQ_xStg9M&start_radio=1 Most people pray. But in talking with people about whether they set time apart to pray--to speak and listen to God--folks admit they intend to, but. . . . . . if totally honest, they always get distracted. The darn phone! . . . they are not sure their prayers really go anywhere or make any d

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/25fbe442/this-is-for-you-take-a-hold-of-it-pray-no-49-acts This morning, the 27th of the month, I opened my Bible to Psalm 27 to pray some familiar verses to my Lord - several that I had previously underlined, with a few comments penned alongside. Consider with me Psalm 27.1: The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? And so I wrote 'Lord, You ar

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/364fc638/legacy-what-will-be-said-about-you-no-48-acts I've read them - a lot of them. I've written them...quite a few. Actually, for years, I subscribed to the Sunday New York Times strictly for these - the obituaries. You see, well-written obituaries are snapshots of entire lives, including back stories, people loved, dreams fulfilled and meaningful achievements.   Obits also give us an idea about the  legacy  of individu

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/35ce5ab2/how-much-do-you-care-really-no-47-acts People sitting on Mars Hill/the Areopagus - just where Paul taught, Acts 17 What do you see when you look at people? Acts 17.16-34 Like it was yesterday, I left the old inner city church and walked toward my car, only to find the Duke of Earl learning against it.  Honestly, it was like an out of body experience, because he was talking about  m

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1ebc61d0/finding-a-way-to-relate-no-46-acts Can you Relate? Sometimes you know you’re out of your league, so you keep your mouth shut. Sometimes.  Seems that I use that word a lot these days…sometimes. In 2015, I went to Harvard Law School for a week of mediation training - dispute resolution and negotiating. 1  There were about 45 of us in the class, (yes, taught by Harvard law professors), and probably 40 of us were atto

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/2527eb91/with-knowledge-reason-and-enthusiasm-convincing-no-45-acts On the road again. 'Can't write those words without thinking of Willie Nelson. Ha, I went to see him in concert once in San Francisco, and he was so high, he forgot the words in the middle of his iconic song. Oh, well. Do you ever forget the words? Like, do you lose your way? The man, the apostle Paul, did not lose his way ... ever. Think of it, we left him

podcast: https://www.pastorwoman.net/podcast/episode/1e2adc37/this-is-how-it-all-started It is so interesting to look back and see how Christianity took root, just what happened after Jesus ascended into Heaven those many years ago.  Think of it – when Jesus was arrested on that Thursday night in the Garden of Gethsemane, the disciples ran for cover.  In fact, though Jesus had warned him ahead of time that he would do it, Peter denied him—three times in one night.  And as Jes