Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
My brother and I spent a week together visiting our 98-year-old mother. She lives by my sister, and we travel halfway across the country to see Mom as often as we can. She has dementia, so now when we visit, she can’t always remember our names. Often, now, she can’t name her brothers and sisters,… Read More
If you play the guitar and want to know the secret to making it sound better…please stay tuned. (Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on pexels.com) The way I keep myself in tune is by spending time with God: in prayer, in worship, and in conversation with others about God. It is in the peace of his… Read More
Until God rescued the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, they had few life options and lived at the fickle will of their owners, so they were novices in making choices of any kind, including faith and trust. Although these slaves had dreamt about freedom, the reality in the desert failed to match their expectation. After… Read More
A battle has been going on throughout the ages of humankind ever skince Eve and Adam chose to believe Satan’s lies in the Garden of Eden. Disguised as a snake, he challenged them to look at the world as if they, not God, were the major players in the game. Satan presented a “no-confidence” vote… Read More
Romans 12:3 tells us that each one of us is provided a measure of faith, and it’s just the amount we need. Our faith–whole-hearted trust–is a gift of sheer grace that God gave to us out of His deep, deep love. We live in union, in identification, with Christ (Galatians 2:20). When situations throw us… Read More
An old Testament Story of Faith, found in Judges 6-7 Who was Gideon? He was a frightened man threshing wheat in a winepress to hide from the Midianites. The Angel of God greeted him, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” Startled, Gideon ignored the “mighty warrior” designation and whined in the winepress. “If the… Read More
God established a covenant with His people and sealed it with a sign. Our God is intent on keeping His covenant. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” Genesis 9:16 (NLT) As a young… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 