Posted on November 26, 2014
#81: In Everything Give Thanks
I’m not a “bandwagon” kind of girl. If everyone is raving about something, I tend to shy away from it. But this past year, I made an exception when I read a perspective-changing, heart-shaping book, the best-seller One… Read More
Posted on November 19, 2014
#80: The Beautiful and the Beastly
Skilled writers know how to develop stories using plot sequences. A very simple sequence might have a beginning setting, followed by a series of chronological scenes that lead to a final setting. (Some of us like plots with… Read More
Posted on November 12, 2014
#79: Meeting In the Clouds
Luke’s fifteenth chapter holds one of my favorites of Jesus’ parables—the story of the prodigal son (Lk. 15:11-32). My favorite moment is in verse 20, when the father sees off in the distance the son he has missed… Read More
Posted on November 5, 2014
78: Are You Sleeping?
As kids, most of us learned a simple song that went, “Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, Brother John, Brother John? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing, Ding ding dong, ding ding dong.” Remember it? The… Read More
Posted on October 22, 2014
#76: Expecting the Unexpected
Welcome to Knowing Jesus, our journey through the gospel of Mark. We’re out to learn all we can from the life and teachings of Jesus. Come along as we begin chapter 13! Get your Bible and read Mark… Read More
Posted on October 1, 2014
#73: Taking Off the Mask
October is here—the month of changing leaves, crisp apples, cornstalks, costume parties, and trick-or-treat. From toddler to adult, people of all ages will don masks, transforming into princesses and ogres, angels and demons, action heroes and villains. It… Read More
Posted on September 10, 2014
#70: Are You Spiritually Fit?
Body builders are disciplined people. I have sons and brothers-in-law and friends who push themselves to work out each day, refusing to skip a day. They know how difficult it is to re-establish a routine if they let… Read More
Posted on September 3, 2014
#69: What Will Be Your Legacy?
My grandma Hilda died at age 90 after a long, active godly life. Her lifelong “career” of service to Christ began in 1928 when at age fourteen she started teaching a third-grade Sunday school class. After her death,… Read More
Posted on August 27, 2014
#68: Targeted for Transformation
I love the parables of Jesus—the prodigal son, the sower, the lost sheep, the mustard seed, the pearl of great price, and many more. Jesus was a master teller of “simple” stories with layers of meaning that commentators… Read More
Posted on August 20, 2014
#67: Living Light
For their fiftieth anniversary, John and Barbara planned a trip overseas. During the flight, their plane suffered engine failure. The pilot announced that an emergency landing must be made and that the only land available was an uncharted… Read More
