Catching Birds

Today, a bird flew into my house. As much as I tried to help it, the little bird was just so scared that she kept flying away from me. After two hours of pursuit, Brandon and I were able to catch a terrified little bird in a net and gently lead her to freedom.

God desires for us to be free; to live in the freedom in which He created us to live. So often we’re like that little bird. Scared to trust the One who can actually rescue us. As a result, we choose to stay in captivity.

Once we’re still. Once we allow ourselves to trust Him and receive help, He’s more than able and willing to set us free.

In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free. Psalm 118:5

Agents of Influence

This Sunday, we have the exciting privilege of having Stephen Mansfield minister at both of our Sunday morning services!

Stephen Mansfield is a New York Times bestselling author and he is quickly becoming one of America’s most respected voices on religion, culture and politics. He has authored many books including, The Faith of the American Soldier, The Faith of George W. Bush and The Faith of Barrack Obama, and is a highly sought after teacher and speaker.

If you’re in the area, please join us! Stephen Mansfield will communicate a different topic in each service. At our 8:30am service, he will speak about the importance of reaching the next generation. At our 10:30am service, he will share how God can use our lives as agents of influence the marketplace and culture. 

It's An Emergency!!!

School started this week. Summer’s officially over for our family.

This morning after my morning round of drop offs, I returned home to find that I had missed several calls from Brandon, along with a text that read, “It’s an emergency!”

Needless to say, I was a little worried. This was Brandon’s second day at middle school. A big school. 6th grade. I saw Diary of a Wimpy Kid! What could’ve possibly happened in the 20 minutes since I had last seen him?

I tried calling and texting, but Brandon”s phone went straight to voice mail. Finally, I went to the school to find out what was wrong. Thankfully, Brandon was all right. He thought he had left his schedule at home and with different classes all over campus, he was nervous about getting lost. He had found it buried in his binder.

Yet, even with schedule and campus map in hand, when I picked Brandon up from school, he confessed that he got lost three times! In fact, Brandon sat in one class for the entire hour before he realized that he had attended the wrong class!

But, he assured me that’s nothing for me to be concerned about because his friend got so lost that he was in an “off limits” area.

Hopefully, Brandon will find his way around tomorrow. Although I told him not to text me, “It’s an emergency!” without any details.