Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding Our Way Home Each of us is individually valued by God. God views us collectively but also individually as He knows and understands each of us. He knows every doubt, every longing, and every fear we have.  He is not shocked by our behavior. Because He knows and understands…

  Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding  Our Way Home God remembers us first, even before we can utter our first words or cry for help. He knows and cares about our struggles, celebrates our victories and grieves our sorrows and holds us in his arms of love. God knows us by name and chooses…

Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding Our Way Home Spiritual remembering often gets lost with the routine of daily life. As we go to bed at night, we may find we forgot to remember God in the midst of our life’s daily demands. We can get caught up in schedules, expectations of others, without stopping…

Today rather than thoughts from a book for a devotional , I just want to share a thought that came to me.   On cold winter nights we gradually let the fire die before we go to bed so we don’t get too hot during the night. It use to be when I got  up in…

A blessed Christmas! It may not see that this devotional is appropriate for  Christmas but perhaps it is since most of us will be with relatives and reviewing past experiences. Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book  Finding Our Way Home Today’s devotional is on looking back. As we do that we begin to see patterns. Yesterday’s roles get…

Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding Our Way Home In our human relationships we see a mirror of God who is divinely relational. We instinctively reach out to build families and friendships because” we have God’s joy in our blood.” If it were not for God’s love we would be forever stuck in the vicious…

Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding Our Way Home There is a rhythm to life of venturing out in an unpredictable world, being footloose, and then coming home to safety and comfort.  When we try to insulate ourselves with a predictable life, our plans invariably fail because life is not predictable.. We cannot know what…

Devotions from Mark McMinn at Finding Our Way Home Each of us has a story to explain where we have been and where we are going. We are making sense of things, looking at the past in light of the present and the present it light of the past. Intuitively, we know we are crafted…

Devotions from Just Betweeen Us magazine on envy Envy is rooted in basic discontent with ourselves and is often expressed through jealousy over someone else’s opportunity. Each of us is most susceptible to envy in the areas in which we feel most vulnerable or weak.  If we are not at peace with our identity and…

Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, “Finding Our Way Home” He speaks of Home as the place we all seek-a place of secure love, known most fully in the embrace of God. We see home in some relationships, when there is compassion, trust, honesty, with places of deep safety and comfort that reflect God’s goodness. God…