Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
something that is shocking, upsetting, or unacceptable Jesus began his life with scandal—a young girl impregnated by the Holy Spirit. Who’s going to ever believe that crazy story? Not Joseph, the man she was betrothed to. Not her parents. Not her friends. Not the village elders. Or the gossips or the… Read More
What is it going to be like in heaven? I don’t really know, so my answer usually is, “God has a place for me there. If God’s there, I want to be there.” I’ve been okay with not being able to answer that precisely. But who’s going to be there? I’ve been reading from a book… Read More
“What proof do you have that Jesus ever existed outside of the Bible?” “Your belief in Jesus is just a crutch. He never even existed.” If you’ve ever been challenged this way and struggled for answers, read this article by Simon Gathercole in The Guardian: What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died?… Read More
Still your mind, open the eyes of your heart (through visual imagery), join the flow of the Holy Spirit, and journal. I learned these steps to hear God’s voice recently, and I’ve been practicing. Mark Virkler suggests that if you are just learning how to listen for his voice, put yourself into one of the… Read More
They don’t pay me to clean the office! Roman law made it legal for a Roman citizen or soldier to force anyone who lived in one of their conquered lands to carry his load—backpack, duffle bag, heavy weapons, whatever—for him for one mile, but only one mile. Have you ever been asked to do–or assigned–a task… Read More
Who wears the “Less Than” label in your world? The preamble to our constitution begins, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for… Read More
As my friend Tom Vander Wel says, “Good stories are a reflection of the Great Story.” Check out this video of Jesus themes in Films from the Lutheran Church of Hope for their Easter celebrations https://youtu.be/r5Bhdd8JZ7E
