Devotional Mundane

A Sanctifying “Heart Surgery” in the ER

June 19, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman “I can’t believe we’re wasting a good family hair day,” I joked as I marched my three little ducklings out the door on the way to the Emergency Room. I was kidding about the hair, but it’s a rare occasion when I can manage my children’s multiple hair-types and have a good [...]

Tagged as: hope, John 12, Matthew 11, Psalm 79, repentance

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Pain in the Mundane

June 16, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman On one of our recent flights we sat in the back of the plane next to a family with four young kids. We joked together about how they seated our noisy broods next to the white-noise producing engines. When the plane started rolling down the runway for takeoff, our neighbors’ youngest son [...]

Tagged as: grace, pain

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What’s In a Name?

June 12, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Christina Fox I once did a study with my children on the names of God. We started by looking at their names and what they mean. I remember laughing at the irony of how my children perfectly reflect their name’s meaning. (Who gives their child a name that means “strong-willed?”) My own name means [...]

Tagged as: identity, Philemon

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There are lots of homemaking books. What’s different about this one?

June 10, 2013 Devotional Mundane

Since the release of Glimpses of Grace last week I’ve gotten to answer some questions about the book. One question kept rising to the surface: There are lots of homemaking books. What’s different about this one? It’s true– there are shelves full of books about the how-to’s of homemaking. There are even how-to books and [...]

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Glimpses of Grace – trailer video + preview

June 4, 2013 Devotional Mundane

Glimpses of Grace: Treasuring the Gospel in Your Home from Crossway on Vimeo. Don’t miss this time-sensitive promotional deal from Crossway: Purchase a copy of Glimpses of Grace from your favorite local or online retailer from June 3-7 and receive a free copy of the ebook as well as the ESV Study Bible Online (ESVBible.org Web App & Ebook)! To redeem your free extras, simply [...]

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Grace for “Those” Mornings

May 27, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman Some mornings you just wake up feeling exceptional. Like the other morning when I was jarred to consciousness by the bizarre sensation of having hundreds of breadcrumbs sprinkled over my head and eau de garlic filling my nostrils. I opened my eyes to see my toddler son shaking an empty pizza delivery [...]

Tagged as: Galatians 2, gospel, grace, Romans 4

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How Close is Cleanliness to Godliness?

May 20, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Gloria Furman As you were growing up your mom may have encouraged you to clean your room saying, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” You also may have learned the axiom that literal, physical cleanliness—like dust-free baseboards and mildew-less grout—are not credits to your personal holiness. It’s possible for one to clean her house so [...]

Tagged as: 2 Cor 1, cleaning, Holy Spirit, John Owen, mortification of sin, sin

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A Counselor Shares the One Story that Moved Her Most of All

May 6, 2013 Devotional Mundane

[This article by Christina Fox originally published here on her blog "To Show Them Jesus" on March 25, 2013.] “The One Story That Moves Me Most of All” by Christina Fox I once held the hands of a rape victim while we sat in a hospital waiting room. We spoke different languages, but I could [...]

Tagged as: 2 Corinthians 5, Easter, gospel, Isaiah 53, testimony

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When I Want to Edit My Life

April 29, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Christina Fox I sat there staring at the coffee cup on the table in front of me. Listening to my friend talk, I felt my eyes burn and tried to gather myself together. It had been a while since we chatted. On our own, without the kids and husbands, we sat in one of [...]

Tagged as: gospel, Isaiah 53, Paul Miller, Philippians 2, Romans 4, testimony

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Gutsy Prayer Requests

April 23, 2013 Devotional Mundane

[Excerpt taken from Glimpses of Grace by Gloria Furman copyright ©2013. Used by permission of Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers, Wheaton, Il 60187, www.crossway.org.] Gutsy Prayer Requests Martin Luther said, “Although it hurts us when he takes his own from us, his good will should be a greater comfort to us than [...]

Tagged as: Glimpses of Grace, prayer

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God’s Nearness, Our Good – a testimony

April 17, 2013 Devotional Mundane

Today on the The Gospel Coalition blog, “God’s Promise and a Petrol Station” — a testimony from a time in our lives when we saw quite tangibly how God’s nearness is our good. “This incident seems so slight when we consider all that God has done, but it’s an illustration of God’s faithfulness, which is [...]

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T is for Tantrums, Treasures, and Truth

April 2, 2013 Devotional Mundane

by Christina Fox I distinctly remember telling him it wasn’t a “buying day.” Prepping my son beforehand, I told him the exact purpose for our trip to the store. Despite my efforts to prevent a problem, my youngest cried his way through the store as he begged me to buy him a new toy. He [...]

Tagged as: affections, idols, Matthew 6

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