Tamar, Rahab, and Ruth, are three of only five women included in the lineage of Jesus Christ found in Matthew 1. If you were asked to give a short description of Tamar, Rahab, or Ruth, what words would you chose? The list might include, foreigner, prostitute, sneaky, or brazen. So, why do biblical writers hold… Read More
“I get to” is changing my life
Using the words get to instead of: have to, need to, ought to, really should…is changing my attitude and my life. It’s more than semantics or a minor word change. Catching myself and changing thoughts and words to the phrase I get to flips the switch on my thoughts and attitudes. Read these examples aloud: I have to be home when my… Read More
Parents of Picky Eaters Unite
“Food and love are so bound up, it’s sometimes hard to see where the sugar ends and the love begins.” Bee Wilson, author The First Bite: How We Learn to Eat Mothers, did you know that what you eat while you are pregnant affects your babies likes and dislikes for food? Yes, if you love… Read More
light source: the man in the moon
Do you see him? The moon is full, round, and brilliant— so bright that trees cast shadows and I can find my way in the darkness. I stand still and look at the moon, in awe at the beauty, whispering thanks for the light, and I see him— the man in the moon, looking lovingly… Read More
light sources: metaphor
You can take a metaphor just so far before it falls apart. If I am like the moon which reflects the light of the sun, my light source is outside, not attached to me at all. But my source of light— and life, warmth, love, all that I am— is not only outside of me… Read More
light sources: waxing and waning
I reflect His light as the moon does the sun— waxing and waning as the days pass. But the differences in the light I mirror is not a result of my source’s light which never wanes or waxes, but blazes with such bright rays that I cannot, in my frailty, look at it head-on but… Read More
light source: moonshines
Originally posted on Kathleen S Evenhouse :
The moon shines in the darkness. This statement could be considered inaccurate because the moon has no capacity to produce and emit rays of light, therefore it cannot “shine.” The moon shines in the darkness. This statement could be considered accurate if the intended definition of “shine” is “…
Kathleen S Evenhouse 