How the truths of Scripture change the way I live
Here I sit all these miles from where I began–closer to the West coast than the East, a ‘landed immigrant’ in a country I knew nothing about growing up, a wife to a humble man of great faith, a mother of six (one gone ahead to glory), a grandmother to four, a friend to a […]
I alluded last week to the deceptive potential of a testimony. But it is clear in Scripture and in life that an honest retelling of what the Lord has done can be a powerful encouragement as well. It’s not always easy to put it into words though. That’s what I’ve been wrestling with this week–how […]
I came home Monday from an early morning birding excursion with a fresh awareness of bird songs and calls and of my own ignorance of them! Standing and listening motionless to birdsong for 15 minutes at a time is an exercise I hadn’t tried before. Apparently birds sing most in the early morning. They have […]
The Lord is the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Ps.27:1 I was struck this week by Nehemiah’s confident perseverance in the face of fear. He had undertaken a daunting project—the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. He was surrounded by enemies opposed to this work. But he didn’t succumb to […]
There was an intriguing quote given in Sunday’s sermon, the tongue-in -cheek musings of a now-retired pastor. It’s my guess it was born out of a certain amount of frustration with the work of pastoring: Three Dollars Worth of God I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please.Not enough to explode my soul […]