Nancy Brewer

Lessons I Learned from My Strong Heritage of Faith

In case you are unaware, Mother’s Day is this coming Sunday. Some of you already made significant plans to celebrate your mom. Others of you are in a slight panic as you mentally contemplate your week and also how to best honor your mom. Celebrating Mother’s Day I have no

How to Find Peace and Hope While Suffering

This past Easter, the worship team sang a song that was new to me. One phrase in particular stood out, “all praise to the son of suffering.” God grabbed my heart with the words and whispered me He knew what it felt to suffer. I felt comfort from the Holy

How to Live into God’s Grace and Perfecting Power

We all have something we don’t like about ourselves. We may dislike a physical feature, an inability to perform a particular task, or some quirk that ends up being fodder for constant teasing. And without fail, we all do things to mask or distract from that thing we consider less

Finding Simple Grace on the Road to Easter

We have all entered holy week. To be honest, I’m not sure I’m ready. I didn’t experience my typical Lenten season. Since my sweet Pastor husband has a new job, I’m not involved in just one church. So, I didn’t sing in an Easter choir. I didn’t participate in a

Discovering the Best Way to Find Rest

Have you ever noticed that some ideas or concepts take a while to process? Several weeks ago, I read Matthew 11:28-30 as part of my morning devotional time. Matthew writes about Jesus calling all who are weary to come and find rest. Then, He encourages us to “Take my yoke

Three Simple Object Lessons from a Baker’s Cyst

Last November, I told you about the stairs in our house and my goal to run up and down them. No, I’m not there yet. In fact, I encountered a small difficulty. I expected sore muscles, that’s a given. I knew there would be days when the stairs would be

What We Know to Be True AND…

Would you be surprised to learn the following things are true? Ants don’t have lungs. In a group of twenty-three people, there’s about a 50% chance two people will share the same birthday. Willow bark can be used as an alternative to aspirin. The national animal of Scotland is the

Two Simple Steps to Become a Living Sacrifice

Each morning, I spend time reading God’s Word. In the past, I studied a book of the Bible, reading a section at a time and doing my own research. At times, I followed a guided Bible study, or used the Bible Project app. Lately I have chosen various devotional plans