Have you ever been labeled a “loser” by people or things outside of your control? Or do you ever wonder, “Why am I so down-hearted this morning?” You are not alone. King David, the “man after God’ own heart” asked that question of himself many times throughout his life. Day and night I have only… Read More
there’s no such thing as secular history
The Book of Ruth is one of the historical books in the Old Testament, full of stories and genealogies. There are over-arching stories about the ups and downs of Hebrew people–their history looks like a the peaks and valleys of a beating heart laid over a timeline of thousands of years. In research for Less Than a Widow, I read… Read More
unbiased history–it doesn’t exist
Think of all we have learned about the founding of our country. Much of what we know, we learned in school. We may have visited historical sites, watched re-enactments of battles, or have done our own extensive research, but have we stopped to ask ourselves, “Who wrote this history down, and what was their purpose in doing so?” These are important questions.… Read More
stuck in your inadequacies?
Do you find yourself making lists of ways you’re inadequate? Do you constantly put yourself down? There’s a simple solution: Stop it! Read this wonderful post on WordServe Water Cooler to learn more. http://wordservewatercooler.com/2014/12/19/two-words-of-advice-stop-it/
Thanks for the wonderful present
Word Press gave us a Christmas present: Word Press updated their dashboard so we can now access all our posts from one convenient location, whether we write one personal blog or publish multiples sites. Now we can quickly sort through published, scheduled, drafted, or even trash posts for one or all of our sites at… Read More
Warning: “There will be a lot of ‘super Christians’ there.”
A childless couple was traveling with a group of hopeful parents to Ethiopia to adopt–a culmination of their long struggle to have a child. A friend who had experienced this a few years earlier gave her this warning, “Be prepared–there will probably be a lot of super Christians in the group.” As Jillian Lauren tells the story her imagination… Read More
connecting the dots between then and now
This challenging article by John Eldridge was recently posted on Faith Gateway Daily Devotionals–Remember the Dragon: Christmas Is an Invasion. There are strong parallels between what is happening in the world today and what was happening when Christ was born. The horrible genocides that we are hearing in the news happened when Mary and Joseph… Read More
