Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. (Psalm 46:1-3) Refuge is not abstract, but deeply personal. God is my refuge and strength. I know this… Read More
Remember the Hokey Pokey? We’d stick in an arm, or a leg, or our head—IN and OUT, IN and OUT. Finally, we would put our whole self in, with a two-footed jump. Then we’d jump back out again. IN and OUT. We sometimes try this dance in relationship with God: IN and OUT, IN and… Read More
As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in… Read More
Psalm 1 was written during Israel’s captivity in Babylon after the horrors of war. Yet, it starts with the word “Blessed.” Life is hard, and we weep (Psalm 137:1), and God’s people are powerless, but not hopeless. Why not? But [the one] whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day… Read More
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
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
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 