In my recent podcast I talked briefly about language exchange. I’ve found these exchanges to be an effective way to build friendships across cultural boundaries. It allows each person to learn about the other person’s culture, family, and life experiences while sharing language lessons with each other. It also opens doors for conversations about faith …
During this time of sheltering in place, whether we’re grieving, fighting fear, feeling stuck, or we’re enjoying months in yoga pants, we must ask ourselves, “Am I still growing?” (And I don’t mean in the yoga pants size department). Some of the most painful times in life can be when we’re called to wait, especially …
At one time, living in America meant growing up with a Judeo-Christian culture whether a person was a Christian or not. Now, that is not the case. And it certainly is not the case in other cultures around the world. However, as Christians, we need to learn and adopt the Biblical Culture. As missionaries we …
The Bible is a collection of ancient words written down by men of God from Moses to John. Within the books we have the Law, history, poetry, prophecy, wisdom, and letters. I know some may think it is an outdated book, and I know many who claim to follow Christ still pick and choose which …
Have you ever felt like you’re handling things well, and then you’re blind-sided by emotion realizing you’re experiencing more grief than you realized? When we started hearing about COVID, I began by praying. When we went on lockdown, I rolled with it. I’m an introvert and a creative, plus I teach online and work in …
There is an old movie with Billy Crystal called City Slickers. In the movie, his character is going through a midlife crisis, and this old cowboy tells him he must discover his One Thing in life. For the first six years of our marriage, we were not able to have children. As we walked through …
Routine—to me that word was always a synonym for boring. I equated it with squelching creativity and becoming a human drone. I was wrong. I love being flexible, being able to adapt and change plans adjusting to surprises that seem to come my way no matter how well I try to plan. Then, God gave …
![Knowledge Without Wisdom is Dead: "Now about food sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge [concerning this]. Knowledge [alone] makes [people self-righteously] arrogant, but love [that unselfishly seeks the best for others] builds up and encourages others to grow [in wisdom]." (1 Corinthians 8:1, AMP)](https://terriehellardbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/knowledge-and-wisdom.png)
Our culture values knowledge and education. It’s not that knowledge is bad. It becomes a problem when knowledge becomes an end in itself; it becomes our god. And that leads to some serious problems.
Living by faith is obeying the God who knows the whole picture. Sometimes we say we want to walk by faith but only when we get our ducks in row and can control much of the process.
