abortion, Bible, Colossians, depression, evil, faith, God, grief, obedience, pain, prayer, thankfulness
I’ve had a heavy heart the past week or so. I’ve been blaming gray winter clouds hiding the sun that I need to light me up and the beige walls of my home closing in as winter weather held our family hostage all last week. And maybe they have something to...
Bible, blessings, Deuteronomy, God, peace
Right before he died, Moses gave a blessing to each tribe of Israel (Deuteronomy 33). I’m not sure what avenue he used to do this – did he speak the blessings or write them down? Did he communicate them to some large general assembly or to just a select...
Bible, friendship, God, Jesus, Mark, Peter, Philippians
I love Peter. He’s not afraid to say what everyone else is thinking, and he wears his heart on his sleeve, for better or for worse. I think we’ll be good friends in heaven. (Until we call each other out and get into a fist fight…) Anyway, I read an...
1 John, believe, Beth Moore, Bible, God, Jesus, John, love, spiritual growth
I’m going through Beth Moore’s Loving Well Bible study. Again. For the third time. This is partly because it’s the study the director of women’s ministry at my church chose. But, let’s be honest, it’s mostly because I don’t...
1 Peter, hope, pain, Peter, Romans
I’ve been mulling over an oxymoron the last 24 hours or so. At church yesterday, somebody (Keith Thomas – give props where props are due) brought up the idea that, as Christians, we can have hope and joy in the midst of grievous situations. We can trust...
