Welcome To THE NUGGET More of What Faith to Move a Mountain Actually Looks Like: Mountain Moving Faith, Part 2 July 21, 2020 Last Tuesday we came to understand a partial definition of Mountain-Moving Faith. We saw that this type of faith is: 1) actually the evidence that what we are praying for will happen, and all the evidence we need lies in our believing in God's power and ability and love; 2) that faith is the assurance that God, ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET What Faith That Will Move a Mountain Actually Looks Like: Mountain-Moving Faith, Part 1 July 18, 2020 Perhaps the place to start when looking to understand mountain-moving faith is in Hebrews 11, the Faith Chapter: Vs. 1: "Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see." (NLT) This verse tells us ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Faith That Will Move a Mountain: Mountain Moving Faith, Introduction July 16, 2020 Strange pain in the lower rib cage on the left side is what drove me to the doctor. When an x-ray revealed that there was no fractures or lesions to the bone, the next step was abdominal ultrasound. Being a breast cancer survivor for the past six years, you can only imagine the peak in my stress when the results came back as undefined les ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET How to Conquer Depression July 14, 2020 Sometimes depression is the monster that can destroy our peace. But when we know where to find peace, freedom finds us. I received this announcement in the mail. It read: "The Foundation Fighting Blindness is sponsoring a dinner dance in the dark." A clever thing. Not only is it a fundraiser for research to find a cur ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET A Tale of Two Guides... July 11, 2020 It was a full day. On this, our third day on the island of Grenada, we decided to take a tour of the entire island with a local tour company. We had a friendly guide who picked us up at the door, took us to several of the local attractions and provided us with history and stories and even lunch. The problem was, this guide was not always patient ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Grief Skills July 9, 2020 "We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Each of us must please our neighbor for the good purpose of building up the neighbor." (Romans 15:1-2 NRSV) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) buried his wife and two children in 1840. Grief paralyzed him. He gave up composing. The days were dark, and the nights ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET When We Grow... July 7, 2020 "Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing." (James 1:2-4 ESV) An unusually hot and wet Spring this year was follow ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Five Lies That can Cause You Worry... July 4, 2020 It was the big day. My parents, my brother 16 and I at 17 sat in the courtroom. We dressed for the occasion and our hearts wore unprecedented excitement. My family worked hard to meet the requirements and lead us to this event that would change our lives. The red, white and blue of the American flag covered the front wall of the large courtro ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Mountains? Or Molehills? July 2, 2020 That was one of my southern-born mother's favorite expressions, one that I admit she had to use often. I was (still am!) the queen of seeing whatever I am upset about as being much bigger in the grand scheme of things as it truly is. Take, for example, how upset I got over the recent sale of our house. The more time that went by without a "s ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET When He Whispers to Your Soul... June 30, 2020 I settled in the seat beside my son, Jeff. We waited with anticipation in the large theatre. The movie, "Son of God" was about to begin. This is the life! I thought, grinning like a kid with a super cool toy. Nothing like this has ever been available before...and there I was, about to try it for myself. I slipped on the headphones, and ...Continue Reading