by Arise2 Grow More | May 29, 2024 | The Word
Growing up Catholic, I remember doing the sign of the cross before and after prayers. Now I don’t do the sign, unless I’m with Catholics, I just end prayers with “In Jesus’ name” or something like that. At first I ended prayers that way because everyone else ended...
by Arise2 Grow More | May 8, 2024 | The Word
When I was younger I used to talk to myself alot. Not out loud but in my head. I would say things to myself that I wouldn’t say to other people. I wouldn’t tell people they were stupid, or ugly, or unlovable but I would say those things to myself. I was very critical...
by Arise2 Grow More | Apr 10, 2024 | The Word
Were you in the path of totality on Monday? We were in the path of Nope and it was cloudy but we still got to see a partial eclipse. It didn’t get as dark as when we were in a total eclipse but it did get cooler. I’m glad we didn’t wait to get out because there were...
by Arise2 Grow More | Mar 20, 2024 | The Word
Next week is Good Friday. When I was younger, I wondered why the day Jesus died was called ‘Good Friday’ because dying on the cross was a bad thing. Someone explained that by dying on the cross, Jesus accomplished God’s plan to forgive our sins so that we could be...
by Arise2 Grow More | Mar 6, 2024 | The Word
I like to think that I’m good at waiting. Good things happen to those that wait, right? This year I was able to attend a leap year birthday. The celebrant said she was celebrating her 16th birthday. She wore a crown on her head and greeted everyone there. There was a...
by Arise2 Grow More | Jan 17, 2024 | The Word
Did you know that the Creator of the universe lives in you? As believers, the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. So we can do great work by the power of the Holy Spirit inside of us! We were given the Holy Spirit by God who lives in us....
