When Ministry Begins With a Simple Mug
It needed a creative title. Or so I thought until this verse came to mind. "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today..." Hebrews 13:3 Suddenly, having a carefully crafted title for this mini-ministry involving mugs didn't matter all that much....
How to Bless Those You Met At The Writer’s Conference (and 4 Highlights From Blue Ridge)
Now that the dust is settling from last week's Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writer's Conference, highlights {and ideas} are beginning to surface. First, the highlights: {ONE} Forging new friendships and celebrating established ones. There...
How God Created Hope Through A Gift Made of Wood
It wasn't the first time God has used a piece of wood to speak to me. Years ago, it was the story of His Son hanging on a tree, taking on all my sin, that gave me true hope for the first time in my life, resulting in eternal life. And an abundant one, too. Part of the...
Cultivating Creativity // Reflecting His Image
Notice anything different? Hope so! I've made some changes to this place I've called home since 2008. Back then, I began blogging at the prompting of Rich Butler, a friend, and fellow co-staffer at the time. Each week as a church staff we came together to design, if...
The Day Macaroni Art Jesus Became A Reality {An Ode to VBS}
I remember the day Jesus was no longer just pasta art glued onto a ripple-edged paper plate at Vacation Bible School. I was a single mom with two little boys in a duplex that sat just outside the city limits. Poor Sinful choices I'd made landed us there. I knew it, I...
A Promise In the Night {For When You Have Trouble Sleeping}
It was the night before my surgery and to say I had trouble sleeping would be quite the understatement. Leaping sheep battled it out with a host of what if's attempting to keep me awake. But we know only one thing wields the weapon of choice against every what if that...
Cathy Baker
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