Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
God, why send me into the wilderness?It’s hard, forbidding, scary, hot,empty of anything life-giving. Why did I send Moses, the Israelites, John the Baptist, and My own Son Jesus?What was in the wilderness? Yes, but why me, God?I really don’t like it here. “Where do you focus on Me?”“Where do you strain to hear My… Read More
Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and talked to them. 3 As he was speaking, the Jewish leaders and Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery and placed her out in front of the staring crowd.4 “Teacher,” they… Read More
If you are just learning how to listen to God’s voice, it may be helpful toput yourself into one of the stories from the Gospels. Identify with one of the characters, visualize yourself in the story, and look for Jesus. It was easy for me to pick the story—the account in Luke 10 about two… Read More
Labels play an important role in our lives. They tell us who we are, our status in society, and what made us tick. But do we believe that the labels we live under are the truth about ourselves. What does God say about labels? The Bible is more than an interesting bit of history. It’s… Read More
Do you want Scripture-reading to come alive in your group? Read it together as Readers’ Theater, each person playing an assigned role. Every reader and listener is actively involved in the story. This method works well with adults and children, for both readers and listeners. You might consider using Readers’ Theater occasionally for family devotions.… Read More
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” 15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to… Read More
I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime. Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 