by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Jan 15, 2025 | Christian Living
People who sincerely seek God for direction and then move on what He says are a different sort of person. Those who live their lives solely based upon God’s direction can be viewed as oddities or even mocked, but once you’ve lived in this way of allowing...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Sep 4, 2024 | Theology, Christian Living
Larry and I have a recurring disagreement. And if he’s right, I just don’t know how I’ll live with the result of it. Not to be dramatic or anything.. I believe God cares about all things large and small. Larry believes some things are...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Aug 21, 2024 | Spiritual Growth, Christian Living
A few years ago, my therapist told me, “Stop doing anything you can’t be happy about.” I thought, Really? Are you serious? Who is happy clappy about everything? I hate cleaning the bathroom. But I do it. I detest cleaning out the refrigerator every...
by Dr. Deanna Shrodes | Jul 17, 2024 | Christian Living, Leadership, Ministry
It was a sad day in my pastoral journey years ago when I had to ask a musician on a worship team I led to step off of the church worship team for a season due to a moral failure. He became angry and responded with, “This is my way of worshipping God. How am I...