by DB | Feb 22, 2021 | Suffering
Timing is everything. They were the worst cookies I’ve ever made. Truly terrible in every imaginable way. If you ever come over to my house, ask me to make cookies. I make spectacular cookies. It’s my thing. I have a cookie scoop so they are uniform. I bake on...
by DB | Jan 10, 2021 | Identity in Christ, Persecution, Suffering
This may be the most controversial blog I ever write. Then again, maybe not. I had two other topics in mind most of the week, but recent events brought my thoughts of the last few months to a head. I knew I could not write on something less important. They Persecuted...
by DB | Nov 9, 2020 | Bible Literacy, Salvation, Suffering
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...
by DB | Oct 26, 2020 | Bible Literacy, Emotions, Suffering
I don’t feel like writing, but I will. I will sort through a bit of my own chaos and share it with you as a way of processing what I know will heal but hasn’t yet. Tonight my oldest bumped his head on something. The source of injury remains undetermined,...
by DB | Jun 5, 2020 | Bible Literacy, Suffering
Originally published 3.28.2020 What if God doesn’t save us? “…if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”...