In Richard Kim’s fantastic talk from our 2016 conference in San Diego, he addressed the three largest temptations with which ministers are faced (deeply related to Satan’s three temptations of Jesus in the wilderness): we are what we do, we are what people think about us, and we are what we have.
Often we walk away from these events sensing that the meaning of Christmas has been lost in the wrapping paper and accompanying sugar high.
Others may not know the extent and the pain of the burdens we bear as moms, but God knows, and God sees.
We are all afflicted with a sinful will that tells us we can be, and should be, the masters of our own destinies. It is the greatest lie we believe, and Adam and Eve believed it even when…
