As interviewed by Christine Taylor* *The interview is made up but the facts are real. Susanna Wesley was the mother of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism and his brother Charles Wesley, who wrote many of the great hymns of the church. Christine Taylor (CT): Mrs. Wesley, when and where were you born? Susanna Wesley (SW) I was born in the 20th of January in the year of our Lord 1669 in England. CT: What was your occupation? SW: Some people have referred to my task as the “Mother of Methodism” but I prefer to think of myself as the mother of 19 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood…

I am so very blessed to work from home, I’ve done it for years. I’m grateful for it. But I still struggle with the type of work I do. Oh, it’s not bad work at all! I own a freelance writing business. It too is a blessing. I’m my own boss, I work from where I want, when I want, and I earn a good living. The hours are very reasonable so I can put time into Christian writing and speaking. For this too, I am grateful. Yet. The work is not my favorite thing to do. I write marketing pieces for technology companies. It’s not exactly passionately exciting, plus…

I like praise songs and I’m a very emotional singer. But Rich Kirkpatrick of ChurchLeaders is absolutely right when he points out that we must know the God whom we are worshiping. A sweet praise song may be true about God’s aspect as the Comforter, but it won’t do a thing for God’s aspect as the holy fire of pure justice. “There is no context of God’s character, just our experience. We can sing “we worship You” all we want, but who is “You”—a fuzzy God who just makes us feel fuzzy, or an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God who is jealous of us loving anything or one more than Him? Do we…