by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Colossians 2:20-23 Rules or freedom?

If you had to choose one word to represent how your belief affects your life, would you choose RULES or FREEDOM? Are your actions and words a source of pride? Do you judge yourself and others and award a score for how you acted each day? Are you proud when your score is higher than… Read More

by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Colossians 2:18-19 Obsession is not the same as faith

Obsession is an extreme state that blocks out everything else, puts us in a rigid box that interferes with our ability to hear God’s soft and quiet voice in our heart, disconnects us from God’s nourishment. Even when we are obsessed with a good thing. Obsession is not the same as faith in the living… Read More

by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Colossians 2:16-17 The core

What is the core of my life? If I were to write a mission statement for the next year, what would be the central theme that I base my living on? What inspires my day-to-day actions, words, and thoughts? Colossians 2:16-17 (New Living Translation) So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or… Read More

by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Is your default setting a heart of stone?

For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them. Matthew 13:15 (NIV) If you are a Bible reader, you will recognize both descriptions of humankind below:… Read More

by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Colossians 2:1-3 You are not in this alone.

We are all–individuals and churches–woven into God’s tapestry of love. We pray for each other, we work for each other, we love each other–all in God’s plan and all in His hands.      Colossians 2:1-3 (The Message) I want you to realize that I continue to work as hard as I know how for… Read More

by Kathleen S. Evenhouse

Colossians 1:16-17 Ebenezer

God is beyond my understanding. God is beyond anything we can ever hope to comprehend. He IS. And God–our creator–loves us as a family and as individuals in that family. He loves you. He loves me. We have His promise of that love. And in hard times I cling to that promise, look back on… Read More