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Western Christianity is Crumbling

2024 has been a devastating year for Western Christianity. On the heels of the fall of Bill Hybels, Carl Lentz, and Brian Houston, Mike Bickle from IHOP KC faced sexual abuse allegations in late 2023. In mid-2024, Dallas was rocked by a string of pastors facing similar allegations, the most devastating being Robert Morris from...

Countdown to Christmas – Week Three Resources

We continue our countdown to Christmas, reading through the Gospel of Luke! We’ve already made it through more than half of this book of the Bible! Let’s keep going, getting to know our wonderful God and Jesus, whom He sent. Jesus was sent and walked the earth to go to the cross and pay the...

Countdown to Christmas – Week Two Resources

Here we are in the second week of our study, “Counting Down to Christmas,” through the Gospel of Luke! We are getting to know Jesus. He is no longer a little baby; He has grown up and entered His ministry. His ministry is to serve humanity. If you’re new, jump into our reading for this...

Countdown to Christmas – Week One Resources

Let’s goooooo! We’re counting down to Christmas, but more importantly, each day we’re getting to know our good God even better. The more we count down the days on earth and fill ourselves with God’s Word, the better we’ll come to know Him and His will for our lives. A look at the book of...

Countdown to Christmas – The Gospel of Luke Study (Let’s Get Ready!)

The end of another year is drawing to a close. The only place we will find peace is in our relationship with the Lord. Often we don’t have time, it’s not convenient (because our kids are yelling, “Mom! Mom!) or we have to take that call, or we got a message we HAVE to answer…...

Countdown to Christmas Bible Study – JOIN ME!

If you’ve hung around A Little R & R for a few years, you know that I host an Advent Bible study every year. And I love that Bible study so much. But this year I’d like to change things up a bit. It’s 2024 after all — so why not. Right? One of things...

11 Things We Can Learn from Psalm 91

Today we wrap up our study through Psalm 91. I hope it has been as powerful for you as it has been for me. Although I memorized this chapter many years ago, and have read, studied, and meditated on it many times since… I have still learned so many new and amazing things from this...

What Is the Secret Place of the Most High?

The temptation we face when we’re faced with a crisis is to feed our negative emotions. We glue ourselves to the news and allow our emotions to churn out of control. But the writer of Psalm 91 reminds us that if instead of feeding our negative emotions, we pull away to the secret place of...

Psalm 91 – Week Two Resources

Welcome back to our second and final week of this incredible study through Psalm 91. My hope and prayer is that trust in God’s powerful protection is beginning to grow in your heart. On the surface, it seems that faith and trust are the same, but this is not always the case. We can have...

Psalm 91 – Week One Resources

I am so excited to start a deep dive into this amazing book of the Bible. I don’t know about you, but for many years I struggled with horrible anxiety. At times it was debilitating. But I’ve learned through the power of God’s Word to take every thought captive and bring my heart to a...