An Unexpected Touch
Luann Budd
It started out as my husband’s idea. Just an early morning adventure to view Los Angeles from the top of Mt. Wilson. We received much more than we had hoped for.
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President's Blog
Luann Budd, president of NEWIM, blogs about the spiritual life of a leader, shares insight from what she is reading, and reflects on the call to Christian leadership.
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Creator God
Luann Budd
From Genesis to Revelation, God reveals himself as the Creator of the heavens and earth. I spent a year contemplating what difference it should make in our lives to know that our God is the Creator God. What I learned transformed my life.
Read MoreGod is Eternal
Luann Budd
On one level, we know a woman in America is expected to live about 80.2 years on average, but we really don’t know it; it feels like we’ll have tomorrow.
Read MoreOut of Nothing
Luann Budd
We mistakenly think he is the Grand Designer of the universe. But he is not just a Designer. He is the Creator. I learned a few years ago that recognizing this subtle error in my thinking made a significant difference in how I perceived the world.
Read MoreCreation is God's Gift
Luann Budd
God has created us to perceive his glory and goodness in the beauty we find all around us.
Read MoreJoy is A Key
Luann Budd
Recently, life overwhelmed me and I lost my sense of joy. I felt strangely dead. Even my connection to the Lord seemed to disappear. I could make a list of God’s amazing attributes, all good reasons to praise him, but I wasn't moved.
When we aren't joyful, is there anything we can do to draw near to the Lord with sincere devotion? I can hear my mentors saying, “Press on. Feelings aren’t important. They're fickle. They come and go.” That's true. But throughout Scripture, we're exhorted to pay close attention to our hearts.
Is there anything we can do to help our hearts engage with the Lord again? I think so.
Read MoreImmersed
Luann Budd
We often live as if heaven were far away, lost somewhere beyond the clouds. Yet, we affirm that Jesus said he would never leave us and we know the Holy Spirit lives within us. If the Presence of God brings heaven to us, if as Paul told the Athenians “we live and move and have our being in Him,” we don’t want to miss Him, living as if there is a distance.
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