Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.” (1 Samuel 1:12, NIV) Did you know that one-third of all the psalms in the Bible are laments? Many of David’s psalms contain both lament and praise—he vascillates between these emotions knowing that… Read More
My patience is essentially a gift card. Come on. Try it. Let’s see how much is left. The phrase, “Don’t take this wrong,” has a 0% success rate.I’m still trying though to see if the odds improve. Never make plans with croissants.They’re flaky.
Are you, as I am, sometimes tempted to think I’m pretty good at this Christian thing? It’s all about God’s grace, not something we earn. If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of… Read More
Political parties and news reports would have us believe that people in one party have compassion, while those in the other party don’t care what happens to anyone who isn’t them. Choose your party. We all point fingers, but how do we show compassion for others? I don’t believe there is only one way to… Read More
An empty fortune cookie is rather unfortunate. Sometimes to stop eating all the chocolate, one must first eat all the chocolate. A waffle is just a more convenient pancake.It says, “Here, let me hold all that butter and syprup for you in these nice little boxes.” To me, essential oils are what drips out of… Read More
In order to discern truth from false teaching, we must spend time in His Word. Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh.… Read More
I came across an article by author Alma Alexander that I had saved from 2017, a time when I was writing a lot more fiction that I do now. Here’s what she had to say about the value of fiction: Fiction is so many things: Even if the story is made up, my world-and-life view… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 