Shammah Ministries
Is there a crack in your salvation foundation? There are foundational beliefs 1 as a follower of Christ that are to be held inalienable (absolute, immutable, indisputable). If they are not, you are positioned on a false footing that will ultimately crumble. Why? Because Jesus loves you too much to leave error intact while beneath you are […]
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Sometimes all you can do is a double-take when they respond with don’t say me ‘dat! So, welcome to more of Dear Christian. Straight out of our children’s lexicon of ‘the art and practice of becoming an independent toddler’, it came out as plain as day. There was no mistaking what they had just said; […]
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There’s a lot of talk these days about privilege. Dear Christian, it’s time to more fully get a grip on grace – the believer’s highest privilege God bestows. I’m especially fond of the Living Bible translation of Romans 5:2. Authored by Paul, no one knew better what it was to get a grip on grace! […]
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Can you remember a time when you felt loved like you were the only one? Welcome, dear reader, to a collection of letters entitled Dear Christian. ~ In the moments we spend together as each writing is released, it is my fervent hope that Christ’s love for you will infuse you through and through ~ […]
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Seated at my desk, I watch these very words appear on my computer screen. I love to write. But the words don’t magically appear by osmosis. Part of my more of what matters knows love is not blind. If it were, you wouldn’t be reading this. Those who cater to the old adage “love is […]
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It has been a year since “Come with Me From…, Part Four” was written and shared. I paused then with Note: I beg your grace. This portion will be done when it’s done. I do not mean ‘complete’ by any means, but only as that which is prompted finds its way onto the page. To your […]
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More of What Matters when caught in friendly fire army crawled to the front of my thinking this past year. These months have been a compilation of circumstances and relational experiences, many of which have highlighted what I’ve been writing about for two years now, whether in a spiritual boxing ring or here, in deep […]
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“All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head.” On September 25, I celebrated 42 years of marriage with my husband. On October 25, one month later, I gathered with family to bury my father. Both of the first most important men in my life served as reminders those 30 days that more […]
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More of what matters in a cause-driven world has haunted me awhile. Probably because for every cause there’s an effect. Just one, if we’re lucky. And a cascading line of dominoes if we’re not. We often are not. Which has gotten me to thinking why that is. Lord knows there are plenty of examples of […]
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Jesus is all about more of what matters – when the rocks are locked and loaded. The first several verses of John 8 [1] relate the story of the woman caught in an act of adultery and brought before Jesus. The incident where He bent down to write something in the dirt. Her accusers? Wait […]
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