Today our devotional journey with Elijah and the widow of Zarephath continued as he asked her for water and a small cake of bread…. What she discovers in accommodating the request of Elijah is a glory story from which we may all learn… 1 Kings 17:12-14 12...
Thoughts about “Church”- Ekklesia- Greek word for congregation, church Ecclesiology- originally it meant the furnishings and liturgies of the church. Now it generally means the study of the church, beliefs about the church, and how the church is intended...
I am, once again, at a point of facing a challenge……one with a deadline as well. It is a familiar challenge….a place I’ve been several times. I know that God is with me, but I still have to do the work. I would rather have a short cut…..a...
I was reading a missionary’s account of coming to a people who were struggling in the midst of a famine….even the pastor in the community had died of starvation. Yet, when he arrived he was greeted with a basket of food that would have sustained an entire...
A family member of someone struggling with addiction asked me last week how she could ever trust the addict again. I said, “what makes you think you must?” In my study of the Bible I don’t find instruction that we are to trust other people. Again and...
Sudden disclosures that challenge one’s foundation and trust in people she has loved all her life can be an emotional ambush that destabilizes her whole life. It can lead to confusion, grief, and relapse in addiction. But when one has a firm foundation in Christ and...
Isaiah 30:21: Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” It was of poverty of spirit that the Lord spoke to my heart in the midst of pain, hurt, and disappointment on a drive...
I have shared on several occasions with friends or students about a lady who attended church with us when our children were preschoolers. I made a point of making her acquaintance to see if she was as gracious as she appeared. She was a retired kindergarten teacher in...
Rough morning from 8/16/2014…. “OOOOooohhhhhhh, the dangers of dressing quickly and reaching under the sink for aerosole cans. I thought I was spraying hairspray, but upon more careful scrutiny, it was a large spray can of Secret deodorant purchased...
One thing people commented on regarding my husband, Bill, after his death in 2020 was about Bill’s quick and seemingly comfortable practice of praying with others….. Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will...
