Tag: Sharon Hodde Miller

Blessed Are Those Who Are Nice

Michele Morin69 Comments
As our roots go deep into disciplines of worship, study, obedience, and hope, we begin to see that we are being held in relationship with Christ, and this is where true virtue lives.

When Jesus set the parameters for a blessed life, they must have landed with surprise on the ears of his hillside congregation. The Beatitudes are even more counter-cultural today, for the 21st-century church conveys blessings of a different sort: Blessed are those who keep up appearances; Blessed are you when you look good and say… Continue reading Blessed Are Those Who Are Nice

It’s Not About You — And It Never Was!

Michele Morin100 Comments

There's always a certain amount of eye-rolling that goes on in a household overrun by teens and young adults. My husband and I are amazingly un-cool. His humor is entirely "Dad-jokes." My questions and observations are overwhelming evidence that I'm over-thinking everything.  But here's one tiny bit of wisdom that has been passed down without… Continue reading It’s Not About You — And It Never Was!