Genealogy. Sometimes it hurts
I started out looking at genealogy to try to understand my family. And I have found some answers that helped with my hurt. I didn’t expect to find other family lines …
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A 2020 response
I grew up in a little town on Cape Ann in Massachusetts. There were no blacks in that town—at least I never saw one. There were none in the school …
Counted as righteous
No unbelief made [Abraham] waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to …
My story
(From the Women’s Retreat, April 2014) Up front is really not my gift. They asked me to tell my story and how I cope. We all suffer something. It may …
Jesus—the man’s touch
He lived with the stigma of illegitimacy. Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” …
Jesus—the man
As I look at Luke and read Mary’s story. And look at Matthew and read Joseph’s side of the story. Some interesting things strike me. Both Mary and Joseph believed …
Eve
Eve was first. Everything she did was a first. She began at peace. At peace with everything around her. Creation. Her husband. And God. Imagine what that was like. She …
Bullies bullies everywhere
There’s been a lot of news reports about kids and bullying. People talk about how to fix the problem or what laws to pass. And those poor kids who have …
A life that pleases God #2
… asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, …