By Kelly Carr This season of preparing for Christmas can be fun or it can be stressful. Maybe you love the pomp and circumstance in every detail. Maybe you’d rather move on to the regularly scheduled programming of life. How do you approach these December days? It seems anymore that there’s no getting around the […]
By Kelly Carr We strive to choose topics for The Lookout to help you grow deeper, be challenged, and look at life from a different perspective. Not just you—we also benefit by working on the articles. This week’s theme of simplicity is no exception; it’s definitely a topic I need to hear. The concept is […]
By Kelly Carr Money—it’s always on our minds. We work to earn enough for food, shelter, and clothing. We budget for mainstays and save aside for special splurges. We hope for raises, look for better-paying jobs, or fear getting hurt and losing our incomes. We get bombarded with ads for sales, especially this time of […]
By Bob Russell Generosity has many benefits. It helps conquer greed. It lays up treasure in Heaven. It reminds us of priorities. It funds deserving charities and missions. But an oft-overlooked benefit is that generosity can be a very effective evangelistic tool. In Luke 16:9 Jesus made this unusual statement about the wise use of […]
By Kelly Carr Growing up, I thought Thanksgiving was an OK holiday, but I often pushed past it in the anticipation of putting up our Christmas decorations. It seems like stores these days have the same mindset. They jump from Halloween costumes to Christmas trees with no breath in between. Poor, forgotten Thanksgiving. Unexpected Places […]
