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Word's Worth

Monday, November 15, 2021
“Word” is an interesting word. It looks like “cord” and “ford”, but it rhymes with “bird” and “third”. My mother loved words in all their many idiosyncrasies. She loved the... Read More

Obey, Love, Walk--Part 2

Monday, November 01, 2021
Living in times of contention and division, we crave guidelines for navigating the murky waters of the world. These are revealed in the truths of Scripture. God knew His people... Read More

Obey, Love, Walk

Friday, October 15, 2021
At summer’s end, many of us found ourselves sending off our children into one of the innumerable “firsts” of their lives: kindergarten, middle or high school, college, or a first... Read More

Clouds and God

Friday, October 01, 2021
I remember my father saying “I love a buttermilk sky” while admiring a scenic view of puffy little clouds. By fourth grade I’d discovered there was no official “buttermilk sky"... Read More

Teach Us to Number Our Days

Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Earlier this year Larry King died at the age of 84. While I didn’t know him personally, he was familiar to me. Numerous news reports heralded his life and listed... Read More

A Modern Woman--Part II

Wednesday, September 01, 2021
Several years ago I wrote a blog under this title. (Reprinted two weeks ago.) It was a lighthearted look at what I thought was a generational divide in the way... Read More

A Modern Woman in a Postmodern World

Sunday, August 15, 2021
This is a re-print of an article from August of 2017. Look for part two coming soon! A couple of years ago the Womenary study was Worldview and World Religions.... Read More

Meet Ignatius of Antioch

Sunday, August 01, 2021
Like Clement of Rome, another church father many are unfamiliar with is Ignatius. He was born shortly after Clement, a few years after Christ’s death and resurrection, into a pagan... Read More

The Sounds of Silence...Be Still!

Thursday, July 15, 2021
“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations,  I will be exalted in the earth.” —Psalm 46:10, NIVThe sounds of silence intrigue. Pete McBride, October... Read More

Creation: the First Book of Scripture

Thursday, July 01, 2021
I was recently at a conference where they referenced the universe as the “first book of scripture” and then commented: “it is always open.” At first I was taken aback;... Read More