Series help me focus. I’m a pretty scatterbrained person, so it’s good for me to have something that helps me focus. So today we’re starting a new series for Thursdays. No longer will I wake up on Thursday mornings and wonder what in the world to post about. I’ll wake up instead, look at my messy home and wonder who… Read More
Today, in my effort to share fewer words than I did yesterday (because yesterday I think we’ll all agree I surpassed my weekly quota), I give you some of my daughter’s recent words instead. I realize not all of you have the thrill, currently, of living with a 16-year-old girl, so you might get a kick out of hearing from… Read More
With all the talk about President Obama’s recent Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan, I thought we’d just go with the whole female judge thing here today on Trailblazer Tuesday. The media is touting Kagan as a sort of trailblazer – the first female dean of the Harvard Law School and the first female U.S. Solicitor General. While that may… Read More
Since yesterday was Mother’s Day and today is Ministry Monday, I thought we’d combine the two and look at the role of mom as a ministry. That’s what it really is, you know. A labor of love, a work of the heart. I’ll admit, especially when my children were young and oh so needy, I struggled to think of what… Read More
This weekend we thank God for our mothers. How very good it is of God to place our lives in the tender hands of someone with flesh and bone who loves us almost as much as He does. Someone who feels tenderly toward us from the moment she first lays eyes on us and continues to carry us close to… Read More
“Asher kept his distance on the seacoast, safe and secure in his harbors.” (Judges 5:17) There was a battle going on just miles away. The brother tribes of Zebulon and Naphtali could have used their help. But the tribe of Asher kept their distance. They clung to their treasured coastline and kept away from the raging war. But Asher also… Read More