I was sitting here in my kitchen, working, when I noticed the grinding whirr of a lawnmower outside. A very familiar sound of summer—it’s grass cutting time. I live in a condo, so I am not the one who has to take on that responsibility (thankfully), but whoever holds that ...
Read More »What the Scottish Rain Taught Me About Trials
I’ve been in Scotland for almost two weeks now which is long enough to be comfortable telling people “Heya” when greeting them and “Cheers” when leaving a shop, and calling a store a shop. I’m still not used to bins (garbage cans), toilets (bathrooms), boots (trunks of cars), having to flip an ...
Read More »Out of Darkness and Into His Marvelous Light
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. Psalm 119:105 Have you ever been in a dark room where the only light came from a single lamp–where you could only see enough to know that there was so much more that you couldn’t see? This ...
Read More »How to Recognize the Holy Spirit
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26 This is what Jesus told His disciples on the last day of His sojourn ...
Read More »Does The Truth Really Matter?
It started with an internet search to find unusual Bible passages, but the information that appeared was unexpected. Not only were the verses displayed on some sites taken out of context, no consideration for the verses around them or the Bible as a whole, but Christ was depicted as mean-spirited ...
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