Excuses: I don’t have my act together. I keep making mistakes. I’m not spiritual enough. We have the Word and the Spirit. It’s “both and,” not “either or.” That’s why we don’t have to depend on our imperfect selves in our day-to-day living or sink under the storms that are wreaking havoc. We’re imperfect, but… Read More
God wouldn’t choose me, would he?
Do you think God has a purpose for you, for your life? We have excuses and reasons why God shouldn’t choose us: We’re imperfect! We’re not qualified! In this, we are not different from a lot of people in the Bible. God called Jeremiah to be a formidable prophet. Jeremiah had labeled… Read More
Live Life Laughing
Q: Why did the cucumber call 911. A: He was in a pickle. Q: My teacher told me I would never amount to much because I procrastinate. A: I told her, “Just you wait!” Q: Why aren’t koalas actually bears? A: Because they don’t meet the koalifications. Summer Quotes “We have too many quizzes in… Read More
Bible Doodle: Matthew 1:1-1
Do you read the geneaologies in the Bible or skim through them quickly? I must confess that my usual mode is a quick glance for names I recognize, but there is something that draws the eye in Matthew’s lineage of Jesus—FIVE WOMEN ARE LISTED! I want to know why. Don’t you? words→pictures→doodle→for some of us:… Read More
Connected to the same roots
Like the branches on a tree, we all grow in different directions, but our roots remain as one. No wonder we refer to a list of our lineage as a “family tree.” We are unique, but connected—with distinguishable looks or traits that makes it impossible to deny our connection. There is something that ties you to… Read More
Live Life Laughing
Q. What is brown and sticky? A: a stick I bought the world’s worst thesaurus yesterday. Not only is it terrible, it’s terrible! A termite walks into a bar and asks, “Is the bartender here?” Summer Quotes The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture… Read More
Bible Doodle: Ruth 1
Scenes from this story in Ruth 1 have been painted over and over for centuries. There is so much truth and love woven into this one short chapter. To emphasize this weaving, I added texture to these painting by Matthews and Lastman so they resemble tapestries, because these stories add texture to our lives as… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 