Leigh McLeroy

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Thanks, , for inviting me to "Step Into the Story" with you this week! Here's a recap:

On this episode of STEP INTO THE STORY, we talk with Leigh McLeroy, author of Treasured, The Beautiful Ache, and the Wednesday Words newsletter. She shares her journey of discovering her love of writing and learning to trust her own unique voice and perspective. Listen today on your favorite podcast app!

Thanks, @walkthruthebible, for inviting me to "Step Into the Story" with you this week! Here's a recap: On this episode of STEP INTO THE STORY, we talk with Leigh McLeroy, author of Treasured, The Beautiful Ache, and the Wednesday Words newsletter. She shares her journey of discovering her love of writing and learning to trust her own unique voice and perspective. Listen today on your favorite podcast app! #leighmcleroy #stepintothestory #walkthruthebible #writing #thewritinglife #mygodstory #wednesdaywords

Trusting God When Bad News Comes “Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever. They will have no fear of bad news; their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. Their hearts are secure; they will have no fear.” Psalm 112:6-8 Heavenly Father, I am curious, intrigued—make that, drawn to the he...

Happy Home Opening Day! We’re all excited baseball season is back, and our longtime sponsor Reliant Energy ® was recently named the Astros’ Official Energy Partner. They’re powering fans with the new Reliant Astros Plan that provides a great deal on electricity with a $100 Astros gift card, Reliant Charging Stations found throughout Minute Maid Park and supporting the community with a children’s summer literacy program. If you’re headed out to the game this evening, check out the home opener forecast:

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Just working while the homeboys snooze. Maybe later they’ll make room on the sofa for me.

Okay, NCAA basketball fans. If you’re without a Cinderella team, take mine: the Big South Champion Longwood Lancers! are coached by and cheered on by precious , and they deserve some bracket love on Thursday against Tennessee (they of the striped circus clown pants) and NOT just because they beat A&M! The Lancers have a great story — you can read more here: https://Forbes.com/sites/timcasey/2022/03/08/former-private-equity-cfo-griff-aldrich-leads-longwood-university-to-first-ncaa-mens-basketball-tournament-berth/? (Whew.)

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Walter McLeroy Obituary - Houston, TX Celebrate the life of Walter McLeroy, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Memorial Oaks Funeral Home.

https://youtu.be/c4-oyBnknHk Have Kleenex ready...

Holiday Ride | Chevrolet Stories of love are always a holiday classic. And in this holiday film, it’s felt through the heartwarming and sometimes heart-wrenching memories of a classi...

Mark Dolan: It’s only a mask, it's only the next three weeks, it's only next year, it's only forever - except it’s only one life And only one chance to live it

Excited to be joining the women of Bethel Church, Houston, for their Christmas Dinner on December 7. Tickets are available online!

Women's Christmas Dinner - Bethel Church of Houston Join the women of Bethel Church for an evening of dinner, music and our guest speaker, Leigh McLeroy.Ticket cost is $10, Register and pay online Childcare available – please RSVP by December 1 for childcare Register Here >

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qydBIHhLUqA This is beautiful.

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER performed by Victory Boyd After being canceled for the NFL to perform the Anthem at the season opening game because of my vaccination status, I decided to sing anyways. Except this ti...

Wednesday Words 9.15.21 "Tolerable Imperfection(s)"
https://conta.cc/3Afgk61 I like things just-so, but I tolerate a considerable amount of imperfection around and in me, every day. The trick is discerning which of these imperfections are rightly tolerable, and which are not...Read today's full devo at link.

Wednesday Words Tolerable Imperfection(s)-revised Wednesday Words from Leigh Tolerable Imperfection(s) 9.15.21 Mark Twain once said that the difference between the right word and an almost-right word is like the diff

Wednesday Words 8.25.21 "Never Left Behind" For days I've been watching images of desperate people being left behind. My heart breaks at the utter desperation they must feel..."

Wednesday Words Never Left Behind Wednesday Words from Leigh Never Left Behind 8.25.21 I was left behind once. When I was five it was decided that my inflamed, infected tonsils must come out. I don't remember what I

Why be a flesh-and-blood part of a local congregation when there are so many other options available? Because "...when I’m at church, I’m part of the one institution in this world that won’t eventually collapse." Because the gospel isn't just meant to be proclaimed, but embodied in all its challenges and discomforts. Because, as C. S. Lewis said, "There will come a time when every culture, every institution, every nation...is extinct and every one of us [in the church] is still alive." Go to church this Sunday. If you don't want to go alone and you live in H-town, meet me at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church at 9:45, by the fireplace.

TGC’s Manifesto: Prioritize Your Church! Committed membership in a church, even though imperfect, is still your best shot to live a faithful Christian life. Hear it from TGC: prioritize your local church.

Just Jesus...that's all.

Jesus Name Medley | Kaoma Chende Jesus Name Medley | Kaoma Chende "Jesus, the mere mention of his name can calm the storm, heal the broken, raise the dead. At the name of Jesus I see sin ha...

https://conta.cc/3y3uPYU "What I Miss" 6.30.21

"I'm thinking today of praying a Moses-who-saw-the-bush-burn prayer: "Lord, show me your glory. Looking down or looking up, Lord, show me your glory. I want to see whatever it is that without you, I would miss..."

https://conta.cc/3gZWaEr "Watching the Horse Whisperer (Again)" 6.23.21
..For decades now as a grown-up girl I've had an on-going dialogue with God around a story called The Horse Whisperer. In 1995, I read the novel by Nicholas Evans. In 1998, I saw the movie version starring an aging but still very handsome Robert Redford. Then I saw it again. And again. I couldn't say for certain what thread God was pulling as I watched, but the line was taut, not slack. And I felt it every time...

https://conta.cc/3gvwQrd "Two Away and Behind in the Count" 6.16.21 "My best friends know how I love baseball. I always have. To me, it's the game that's most like life..." Click on link to read today's full devo...

https://conta.cc/3vJdAvv "A Little Bit of Shine" 6.2.21

I am not the prettiest girl in any room, or the smartest. I fly under the radar a lot, and honestly I like it that way. But I have been warmed by God's presence, and maybe that steady, bright love has been enough to--on a good day--to give off a little borrowed radiance...

https://conta.cc/34ootXy "All She Could" 5.26.21
"Maybe hers wasn't such a great job. But she did all she could to make the task--and my day--better. With nothing but a ball point pen and extra time on her hands, she applied creativity to service and made meaning for both of us..."

https://conta.cc/3bCvBTW "Tense Living"
"While at least a dozen variations of tense exist in English grammar, in life, we are really limited to three: past, present and future. And it matters a lot where we live..."

"Finding the Spot" 5.12.21 https://conta.cc/3eGpUq9
Since he's become blind my boy Burley has developed a strong affinity for the left-hand side of the sofa...one and a half cushions of it, no pillows if possible. It's his go-to spot....the place he is most comfortable and feels the most secure. He likes to nestle against the low, rolled armrest and wedge himself in, whether he's asleep or awake...He knows it. He likes it. He owns it."

I've always struggled with this day, for many very personal reasons. Most people don't get it. Karen Swallow Prior clearly does. I remember sitting in the pew one Mother's Day Sunday years ago and hearing my pastor say "Motherhood is the highest calling God can give to any woman." Some women's hearts must have soared with pride to hear that. I felt nothing but shame. If I could have crawled out unnoticed that morning, I would have. My feelings are so complicated that I can't begin to parse them here, nor would I. To my friends who are mothers, I love and admire you (with some envy mixed in). Bless you. Please give me a bit of room this Sunday to be before God just as I am, and maybe ask Him to bless me, too.

Perspective | On Mothers’ Day, many childless women feel overlooked by churches No really, childless women don’t need a carnation.

https://conta.cc/2QDlCXl "Paper Gowns" 4.28..21 "The problem with paper gowns is that they leave too far little to our own imagination. They're revealing. Unflattering. Alarmingly fragile..."

https://conta.cc/3gr3bQf "Have Mercy" 4.21.21

"...God reminded me that He remembers... That even when everything that was, isn't--He still is. That when I've stumbled into a season that looks barren and lifeless, He's at work. That mercy is green and growing right under my nose, blooming even in the wake of destruction..."

https://my.mdpc.org/portal/event_detail.aspx?id=31223 Next month I'll be hosting a 4-week book discussion group on C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters--one of my all-time favorites! Join us in person on Wednesdays at noon at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church May 5, 12, 19 & 26 for "lunch with Lewis.". Bring a brown-bag or a smoothie, coffee, etc., and join us. FREE, but please register using link--and bring your own book!

https://conta.cc/3fLTviV "Between Fences" 4.7.21
I live between families each with two small children. Their boys closest in age have become fast friends. From their backyards, they talk to each other over mine. Benjamin hangs over his back terrace (that's 8 feet high) and Cameron climbs into his two-story play house, and they converse between fences, theirs and mine...

"The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." I Cor. 15:26

A Prayer of Intercession Against the Kingdom of Death From Every Moment Holy Vol. 2: Death, Grief, and Hope

https://conta.cc/2OLqTuV "Something Green" 3.17.21 "Tiny bursts of green in a hedge of dead stalks. A faint, new foxtail shoot peeking out from a clump of brown-bristled fern. One tiny, brave ginger leaf nudging through the soil where there had been dozens more, waist-high....Hallelujah for something green." Click on link for today's full devo.

https://conta.cc/385tgz7 "Bigger and Bigger" 3.3.21

"What is the odd phenomenon by which childhood things seem to shrink in contemporary light?

So many souvenirs from the past seem to grow smaller with the years--all out of proportion to the woman I am today. But the God of my yesterdays never shrinks. He grows bigger and bigger with each passing year...."

Read today's full devotion at the link above.