The Roots of Endurance

The Roots of Endurance
“Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” –Hebrews 12:3
William Wilberforce spent 20 years of his political career trying to abolish the African slave trade in England and the next 26 trying to end slavery itself.  Along with this tireless pursuit, [...]

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Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest

It was a lovely Memorial Day and we decided to spend the evening down at the lake, sitting around the campfire.  Although deeply settled into my log seat and plate of mulberry cobbler, I was still keeping a watchful eye on the sky above.  It was quickly darkening in the west and the occasional drops [...]

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The God I Love

James 1:22 “…receive with meekness the engrafted word which is able to save your souls.”
The gardening themes in scripture have always had such rich meanings for me.  Being a lover of gardening myself, I think many times that this is one way I am being an imitator of my Creator.  He plants trees and flowers, [...]

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A Cup of Milk and a Dash of ‘Drash

Several years ago, I attended a church service with a DF.  It was more or less a traditional service, but the pastor enjoyed embellishing his sermons quite a bit, much to the chagrine of my friend.  This particular sermon had added dialogue between the would-be apostles on one of their historic fishing trips.  Although I [...]

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Out of the Darkness of Islam

Janan lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling, her heart reciting the prayer she had prayed many times since her childhood, “Oh God, please don’t have an only begotten son.  I pray you don’t.”  Although completely rejected by her family because of her marriage to an “infidel”, she still clung tightly to the faith of [...]

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Caring for Clay

My DH recently broke his leg.  He wasn’t doing anything exciting or brave:  no handgliding, no climbing 40 foot trees to retrieve our cat, no cleaning out the gutters (which I’m told is a very dangerous job), and not even riding a horse.  He was merely carrying a rather heavy load through the basement, when he [...]

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The Fruitful Life

I’m a cut to the chase kind of gal.  I don’t like it when people beat around the bush to make a point whether they’re explaining why they were 30 minutes late for a meeting or why they burned the popcorn.  It’s enough for me simply to know that there was “traffic” or that they “incorrectly [...]

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From Clutter to Clarity

I recently got interested in a television show called “Clean House”.  The show features a fabulous design team and a very flamboyant host that travel around L.A. looking for people who can’t even walk through their homes because they’ve hung onto every trinket or piece of clothing they’ve picked up since grade school.  The show is interesting [...]

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Fudge Dreams or Why I Want to be a Monk

I recently took the Myers-Brigg personality test.  I have lived the last 36 years without knowing whether I was an “I” or an “E” or a “T” or a “J”; and I don’t see how I’ve been the worse for not knowing.  Oh, I’ve had friends that could tell me their letters:  “I’m an ‘ENFP’ [...]

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In the Holy Land

Today I entered the Holy Land.  At least, that’s what I was told by Margaret, my tour guide at St. Joseph’s church in Bardstown, KY.  It isn’t just because I am staying in Nazareth and only 12 miles from Gethsemane either.  She was referring to the religious heritage of these particular cities and the numerous [...]

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