I love the Book of Acts, full of drama, history, theology. In Chapter 17, one of my favorite chapters, Paul delivers a powerful message in Athens. Paul fled to Athens because the Thessalonian rabble-rousers started to agitate the Bereans. Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Berea until Paul’s other travelmates came…
Read moreWhen the temperature hovers near one hundred for days on end, my husband and I take our walk from our neighborhood to the air conditioned mall. I much prefer the peace and beauty of our quiet streets, but I’m too lazy to get up before the sun. It’s a very…
Read moreI love listening to people’s life stories. I am often inspired by hearing how others overcome obstacles and achieve their goals. Hence when I watch the Olympics I’m as much interested in the athletes stories as their athletic abilities. I’ve never seen a story about an athlete who had an…
Read more“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the LORD: I will…
Read more“I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. ” Ps. 34:4 Lately I see so many people expressing frustration and fear about our current world situation. Quite truthfully, I have expressed similar feelings. What used to seem like a more stable world,…
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