Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
I must confess that my first reaction to the story in John 8, “A Woman Caught in Adultery,” has often been defensive finger-pointing. Me: “It takes two to commit adultery. What are they going to do to the man?” That’s not the point Jesus makes in this story. It’s not: “But everybody else is doing… Read More
Pour oil and water into a container, and you will see that they don’t mix. The oil droplets are evident in and on the water. That’s how it is with truth and grace, if you’re human. The two don’t mix together. Grace without truth stops growth. God, our Father, blends grace and truth together. He… Read More
“Hallelujah! O my soul, praise God! All my life long I’ll praise God, singing songs to my God as long as I live. Don’t put your life in the hands of experts who know nothing of life, of salvation life. Mere humans don’t have what it takes; when they die, their projects die with them. Instead, get help from… Read More
Pastor Leslie Weatherhead helped me to understand the will of God when I was angry and in pain (see my blog on August 31). He explained that there are three distinctive phases in God’s will: intentional (God’s ideal plan for man—his original creation) circumstantial (God’s plan within certain circumstances—what we experience in our lives in… Read More
My father died slowly—nine excruciating months after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. When well-meaning friends tried to comfort me with “it is God’s will,” I was furious. Surely God did not intend such torture for my father or his family. We had tried for a cure with everything that Western medicine had to offer—had… Read More
Has this whole Covid issue made fear your constant companion? Have life’s circumstances got you down? Have you been trying to grab hold of your faith, but can’t find it? The answer to these issues is not to be braver, stronger, or to try harder. The answer is to focus on God.Here are some suggestions… Read More
Remember the story of the blind men and the elephant? They were asked to describe him, and one, who had been touching its leg, said he was like a huge tree trunk. Another, by the tail, said he was like a rope. Another described the ears and another the trunk. They all described the elephant… Read More
