Biblical Encouragement for Living Life to the Full
Today our church elders gave every member one of the best gifts ever. Seriously. A membership, though our church congregation, to a web site called RightNowMedia.org. Have you heard of it? I hadn’t until last week when we were told to be expecting an email invitation. It’s like Netflix for Bible Study junkies. That would […]
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I was a teenager when I knew that I wanted to someday home-school my children. I babysat a lot for the family across the street. We lived in Phoenix, Arizona and they were the only home school family I had ever met. Their small children were different. They had broad interests and knew things I […]
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Our pastor recently resigned. It’s one of those happy/sad scenarios. Because he and his family had such a tremendous relationship with the congregation, we are sad to say good-bye. Yet, because God wants to do a new thing, we look forward with expectancy to what lay ahead. For today, we welcome an interim pastor, and […]
Read More…“Mom, look!” my little Charis calls. She holds out her pudgy 2 year old hand to me, face upturned in the bright sun. “I found rocks!” she says. “Oh, you did!” I praise her, an uncontrollable smile pulling at the corners of my mouth. She has proudly singled out and collected a special 5, and […]
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The past week’s “Essential 100” scripture reading carried me through the life of Joseph. The child of Jacob’s older age and the only child of his beloved wife Rachel, Joseph was treated with special preference. We see how this created jealously and anger in his older brothers and they sold him into slavery in Egypt, […]
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Growing Graceful 