by DB | Jan 18, 2021 | Identity in Christ, Motherhood, Salvation, Uncategorized
Harvard. I had to go to Harvard. It was the best. I was going to be on the Supreme Court — or at least a judge! My 6th-grade teacher wrote in my yearbook something about me in the Ivy League. In late middle school, my parents even took me to some swanky Harvard...
by DB | Dec 21, 2020 | Bible Literacy, Salvation
Have you ever tried to get a child to try something delicious that he has already decided he doesn’t want to eat? “Here, try this.””No. That’s yucky.””How can you say it is yucky? You haven’t tried it.”(Child...
by DB | Nov 2, 2020 | Bible Literacy, Emotions
Toddlers do not possess perspective. Whatever you do, do not mention a prospective activity to a toddler that you are not fully prepared to do at that exact moment. Can I get an amen? Toddlers do not understand that while you will carve pumpkins later, you do not, in...
by DB | Oct 5, 2020 | Emotions, Suffering
Merriam-Webster’s Thesaurus lists the following words related to alone:unattended, unchaperonedforlorn, friendlesscloistered, disassociated, hermetic (also hermetical), insulated, isolate, isolated, remote, retired, secluded, withdrawnquarantined, segregated,...
by DB | Aug 31, 2020 | Emotions, Salvation, Suffering
Why do bad things happen to good people? I’ve never liked that question, but it is important. It makes sense that we ask it. When bad things happen to good people, it feels unjust. God is just. (Job 4:17) He loves justice. (Psalm 11:7, 33:5, 99:4) We are made in...
