A new year! As we look back at 2015, hopefully we all can say “It’s been a good year.” Whether the year was a good one for you or not so good, we probably all can think of events that we would have handled differently if we could do it over. Times when we wish […]
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday morning when I woke up I posted a verse from the Psalms: This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Since we could not go to church I was thinking that I could complain about the restrictions right now with […]
Dr. Tanya, at Salted Caramel, asked four questions about blogging. She calls the questions “retrospective introspection.” Reading your own work, she says, is sometimes called a form of narcissism but she thinks a better description might be self-evaluation or self-assessment. With that in mind, I have responded to her questions. Here are her four questions: […]
We seem to have done away with sin. No one sins. They make mistakes. They “mess up.” In “The Thirteen Clocks” author James Thurber has a character who states: “We all have our weaknesses; mine just happens to be that I am evil.” If there is no sin, only weaknesses, mistakes, character flaws, the whole point […]
We hear a lot from Christians about “the joy of the Lord.” Often a verse from Nehemiah is quoted when speaking of joy. The joy of the Lord is my strength. But I wonder what does that mean? What is the joy of the Lord and how does it give me strength? I have found […]
I recently shared some information about a very important organization, VOM. (The Voice of the Martyrs) I would like to share more information about how you can pray for those who are being persecuted around the world for their faith. Pray that persecuted believers will sense god’s presence. Pray that they will feel connected to […]
The following is from a Good Friday sermon my husband shared this year. I thought it was so good I wanted to share with my readers: There are many great mountain top experiences in the Word of God. On Mount Horeb, God spoke to Moses from the burning bush On Mount Sinai, God wrote the […]
In our small group Bible Study we have been looking at the names of God in the Bible. One of those names is El-Roi, “the God who sees me.” I wrote about the basis for that name recently in The God Who Sees Me – Part 1. Reading that story led me to think of times in my […]
This post is SO TRUE! If you want to share your relationship with Jesus – great, but how about working on relationships with those you choose to share with. 21st Century Sojourner I am passionate about Christians sharing their faith with those outside of the family of God. What I am not a big fan […]
In our culture I would guess it is not easy for most of us. We pull up to the fast food place ready to give our order and if we have to wait more than a few seconds before we hear the words, “Can I help you?” we start complaining. “Come on! I’m in a […]
When I first started my blog I said I was going to share some funny stories about the joys (and trials) of being a pastor’s wife. I shared a few stories but then thought perhaps I should just keep my funny tales to myself. Here are the few I shared if you want a good […]
What a difference a day makes! Yesterday morning when I woke up I posted a verse from the Psalms: This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad in it. Since we could not go to church I was thinking that I could complain about the restrictions right now with […]
My daughters “Shadow” and “Giggles” with their beloved Grandpa I remember his big hands. They were very large, yet always gentle. I remember the love and care he gave my daughters after their father was killed in an accident. I remember the nick names he gave to both of them. My oldest daughter was “Giggles” […]
Every Sunday I meet after church with a small group to study the Bible and right now we have started walking through the book of Acts. One story in chapter 4 of that book really makes me stop and examine my own Christian witness. Peter and John had been brought before the religious leaders who […]
