When Graduation SHRINKS Rather than EXPANDS a Young Person’s World
Spring is here in all it's glory and the greens seem more vibrant to me than ever before. I hope you're seeing opportunities to soak up the refreshment of this new season!Our daughter Carly turned 18 years old this past weekend. And she'll graduate from high...
Who gets to decide whether my daughter’s life is worth fighting for?
I heard some alarming but empowering news last week during a meeting of the Twin Cities Disability Ministry Connection. Prenatal Partners for Life founder Mary Kellett explained the dangers and opportunities involved with healthcare policies that threaten the very...
Inclusion at Church Makes News in Minnesota
A news story aired last week under the headline: "St. Paul church designed to welcome those with disabilities." This was a very important story that Walk Right In Ministries had the privilege to participate in along with the Twin Cities Disability Ministry...
Christmas Worship Like the First Time (Part 2)
One definition of worship is “to express reverence or adoration of someone or some thing.” By this definition we have all been guilty, at one time or another, of showing more affection, appreciation and priority for other people, places, objects and activities in our...
Christmas Worship Like the First Time (Part 1)
It's December and, once again, Christians all over the world are celebrating Jesus' first coming. I've been thinking about when I first experienced Jesus' coming into my own heart and life in a way that I knew was real and deeply personal. I recall a sense of...
Gear Up for Good Gifts
Thanksgiving, Christmas and a New Year are right around the corner. Days will be busy for most and lonely for some. Wherever we are on that spectrum, there is opportunity. I want to paint a picture of how we can give and receive life-lifting gifts this holiday...
Just Love Me
Do you ever wonder if you have a “calling” on your life? Have you noticed how many of your friends are wrestling to understand their own greater purpose? I believe that our culture at large is presenting increasing pressures to be contributors and world-changers. Even...
Will you be “growing up” in 2015?
When 2015 ends, I want to look back and see a woman that was stretched and nurtured into someone even more beautiful than I was when the year started. I already have a few Bible verses, themes and ideas running around in my mind about how God may be trying to...
Merry Christmas!
The Walk Right In Ministries Board of Directors and our many other volunteers wish you a wonderful Christmas enjoying the awe, wonder, joy and peace of Jesus with loved ones. We share this prayer from Robert Louis Stevenson:Loving Father, Help us remember...
The Wonder of God’s Christmas Presence (Part 3)
This is the final installment in a series of posts meditating on Immanuel — God with us. Let's continue worshipping together by thanking God for revealing Himself to us and by remembering how very near and accessible He is.I have loved re-reading the...