Kathleen S Evenhouse
Writing With Vision
“Everyone’s going through a refining fire sooner or later, but you’ll be well-preserved, protected from the eternal flames. Be preservatives yourselves. Preserve the peace.” Mark 9:49-50, MSG Citing my picture sources: Doing something creative is my favorite! And I love visuals–not only do they help me learn, but they take me places in my mind.… Read More
This quiet delight:The first day of fall in central Minnesota,Sweatshirt weather calling us outside for a stroll. Moss and dropped needles soften the pathBetween straight tall pines and white birch trunks.Aspen leaves rustle as trunks and branches sway in sudden breezes,The music of nature’s breath, so similar to melody of a mountain stream. Low bushes… Read More
Some of us are in a fight that we didn’t choose, but we are fighting none-the-less. In my case, it’s an illness that I’ll carry with me until I die, but medicine has lots of tools with which I can fight it. That’s a good thing, and I’m taking advantage of it. But do you… Read More
Paul presented the gift of God in Christ and the benefits we receive so clearly that we cannot help but ask ourselves, “Do our lives reflect that reality as they should?” 14-15 The Messiah has made things up between us so that we’re now together on this, both non-Jewish outsiders and Jewish insiders. He tore… Read More
Paul had a unique role as the messenger of the Gospel to non-Jews, but this letter is written to all the members of the church in Ephesians in all its glorious diversity. Read Ephesians 2:14-17 in The Message. If possible, read these verses aloud. 14-15 The Messiah has made things up between us so that… Read More
I’d like to issue an invitation to you to study Paul’s letter to the Ephesians with me. Instead of only reading through the verses, we will chart what they tell us, state the main message that God revealed to us as we read this today, and doodle–take an idea into our heads and relay it… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse