Mary, Mary
I see both Mary the girl and the mother. Mary accepted God’s plan to wreck her life to save it. Her ordinary love was good enough for the King of Kings.
How to Read the Bible (and What’s on my Christmas List)
Dear Friend,This week I am sharing with you some Bible study basics (and what books and resources are on my Christmas list). I used to feel a bit in awe when the pastor would dive into the Hebrew root word in a passage or have the perfect quote to connect ideas. I...
Girl, You Are Not a Cactus.
Girl, you are not a spiritual cactus. You need the streams of Life daily. You don’t get to store up Jesus ride on that for awhile.
Comfort and Joy
We put up the Christmas tree this week. Not the ornaments yet, just the tree. (Disclaimer: that was as I started writing. By the time I had wrapped up this post, at the insistence of small children, the tree is fully decorated). We usually wait until after...
The Bad News
"There's no good news without bad news." "Dad,.... I'm okay." It's a phone call I have made more than once, but on this particular occasion, it wasn't me. I was listening to my pastor teach a class in evangelism. He was telling us about a phone call from his daughter...
Better Than Brand New
I don't want to be brand new. I want to be better than brand new. For the last few years, two boards on my deck have become increasingly squishy and rotten. They didn't look rotten. so I hid their status as long as I could by moving deck furniture to sit over them...