As a little girl, I loved my long discussions with my mom. Often it was while she was preparing dinner, ironing, or doing the dishes. Many times she would listen to my philosophical questions and give me Biblical answers and follow up with examples. Other times she would pass on...
Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. ~Genesis 2:15 Keep (Hebrew shamar) means “to exercise great care over.” In the context of Genesis 2:15, it expresses God’s wish that mankind, in the person of Adam, “take...
Those boring begats of the Bible. You know them. In our daily reading, John and I learned there are a few good reasons to put and keep them in there. One reason is the accuracy and details of them puts the Bible scientifically right in the middle of history. They...
Fatherlessness – Our nation’s number one social epidemic. The United States is becoming an increasingly fatherless society. A generation ago, an American child could reasonably expect to grow up with his or her father. Today, an American child can reasonably expect not to. Fatherlessness is now approaching a rough parity...
I’m her mom and her teacher, and am always proud of Laura. Today both those roles were proud again, when she handed in this extra credit English project, a poem, which she put on one of her photos. It reads: Never should you forget the One who formed you in...
New Years often causes us to reflect on what is important. Time is important. It’s a subject that interests me, and one of my favorite songs is called “Time.” So I liked the insert that was inside our bulletins in church yesterday: Discovering Life in Giving Time by H. Joseph...
“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. “Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. “Who among all these does not know That the...
So once settled in from our trip to Australia, I looked around my room for something in my library I hadn’t read yet. The title Scientists Who Believe took my interest, and it was a short book divided into small chapters of individual Scientist giving their testimony on how they...
Today is Silas’ birthday. He will have a party later this month, but today we had a small family celebration.
Blessed are the husband and wife who continue to be affectionate, considerate, and loving after the wedding bells have ceased ringing. Blessed are the husband and wife who are as polite and courteous to one another as they are to their friends. Blessed are they who love their mates more...
Existence of God Along with my reading, I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be An Athiest, Neil points his readers to this site which I found to be excellent, GotQuestions.org? It’s a site that has 184,094 Bible Questions Answered! I went to the question: “Is there an argument for the...
Surprises can really happen anytime, when they happen at the Holidays, and with the most thoughtful of gestures, it can really touch you. I am really touched. Over the years, Unique Exposures got a new member who’s photography I have enjoyed, but when he started to send a weekly photo...
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity. ~Titus 2:7 In a pregraduation service at Northland, they acknowledged the spouses of the graduates with towels and a single rose. This seemed so right to me. Enric had a few obstacles and as many...
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. ~Isaiah 42:16 My son...
While at Wisconsin visiting my family, we stayed in the White Dorms at the campus, and besides enjoying the beauty of the Camp Lake in the mornings, stopping in for delicious coffee at the Daily Grind, and enjoying the surrounding scenery and wildlife, I got to sit in on...
Rapture. I don’t think this word is anywhere in the Bible, but it has come to have meaning to Christians who believe in a time when Jesus will return to collect His church in the air. This was a constant topic in our youth groups when I was growing up....
I am very grateful that I live in a nation that has set aside one day a year for giving thanks. I did a search in Bible.com to see how often the word Thanksgiving would come up, I found 29 instances, and this would not include of course, the words...
Enric and Miranda left today, ready to start their new lives with Enric returning to school at Northland Baptist Bible college. There is nothing easy with what they will be doing in the next years. Studying full time and working is something only for the most dedicated. Enric and Miranda...
Rodney of “The Journey” and SonshineFM has Tragedy Overload. I suppose we all groan anymore before we turn on our TVs to watch the news these days. I try to comment on Rodney’s blogs but there are times I just have no comment, usually could be a local event that...
