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There are books that we deliberately seek out, and there are books that seem almost to find us. Family Prayers by Henry Thornton was one of those books for me. I discovered it five or six years ago, and it has remained a personal favorite ever since. Thornton’s prayers have that quality I so often […]

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Should I Even Be Writing This?

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I  have not published much here lately. That is not entirely unusual, as my writing has always tended to come in seasons. There have been times when I have written regularly and other times when weeks or months have passed while drafts remained unfinished, ideas accumulated in notebooks, and things I intended to return to […]

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God’s Hidden Arrangement

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I spent this past weekend assembling a detailed 3D book-nook puzzle, one of those miniature architectural scenes made of dozens upon dozens of tiny wooden pieces. Each piece had been precisely cut with notches so small they were nearly invisible, yet every one fit only in a single location. The instructions required an exact order. […]

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A Christ Centered Christmas

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Each year, “Merry Christmas” is spoken more cautiously, if it is spoken at all. In its place, “Happy Holidays” has become the safer greeting, offered under the banner of politeness, neutrality, and inclusiveness. Just last week, after wishing a gentleman “Merry Christmas” over the phone, he replied with a carefully neutral “Happy Holidays.” These exchanges […]

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The Time is Near Revelation 1:1-8


Bible Study

Verse 1: The word “revelation” comes from the Greek word apokalypsis which means revealing, unveiling, an uncovering.  It is a book that shows the glory and majesty of God and the depths of depravity of man. It will show the final outpouring of God’s devastating wrath and judgment as well as the glorious Son and […]

02/08/2013

Setting the Stage


Bible Study

When we studied the book of 2 Timothy last year which was written by the apostle Paul to his beloved disciple Timothy, we learned it was written in approx. 67.A.D. under the persecution of the Christians by Nero. In this book, we heard about how a great fire broke out in 64 AD and Nero […]

02/07/2013

Abandoned By God


Devotional, MorningMeds

My husband and I went to watch ‘Prometheus’ earlier this year. I’ve never been much of an ‘Aliens’ fan but I did find the premise behind it quite interesting. It was one in which man goes in search of God, in the case of this movie “the gods” to discover why he has been created. […]

01/23/2013

A Baby Born in Bethlehem


Bible Study

Before we get started I want to share with you a great video called I Love Ruth: The Story of Ruth by Phil Smouse. It is taken from “My Big Book of Bible Stories.” After hearing the poem I can’t wait to find the book. httpv://youtu.be/dXgCJVNx1fk   13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became […]

12/11/2012

Sit Still, My Daughter


Bible Study

Last week we left off with Ruth’s fate hanging up in the air. We know the end of the story, because this is a much loved story that has been told over and over again, but Ruth did not know the end of the story, Boaz did not know the end of the story and […]

11/06/2012

Overflowing with Favor


Bible Study

I feel a little bit like Ruth did when she came home to Naomi after her long days of gleaning, carrying a huge bundle that would take days for the two of them to eat. So too, has God been extra gracious to me as I have studied His word this week. He has intentionally […]

10/23/2012

Wings of Refuge


Bible Study

Vs 1 Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. Naomi was in the family. Boaz was man of great wealth – cattle on a 1000 hills. Elimelech – Messiah family line. Enter Boaz. Boaz was the son of Salmon whose […]

10/10/2012

Can This Be Naomi?


Bible Study

In Ruth 1:18, we saw that once Ruth showed her determination in her decision to return to Bethlehem with her, Naomi quit trying to persuade Ruth to turn around and go back to Moab with Orpah. For Naomi to attempt to persuade Ruth to turn back now would surely invoke a curse on her that […]

09/27/2012

Settled


Devotional, Wednesday Woman

  A storm, a dark terrible storm, has engulfed my life and swallowed up my family. It was sudden and furiously swift. These past days have been violent and relentless. My heart has been in my throat so much that breathing has sometimes been painful. I have cried from a place so deep in my […]

09/25/2012

Two Paths


Bible Study

As a child I learned the poem by Robert Frost “The Road Not Taken”. Although it is not a Christian poem the last verse has remained in my memory and does reflect a fact in the life of faith: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, […]

09/19/2012