Diet Faith

By Beth | July 18, 2014 |

This summer we are participating in a CSA cooperative (Community Supported Agriculture). It has been a lot of fun learning to eat things we have never tried (and some we had never heard of like Rainbow Chard and Purslane).  It’s a little pricey because the food comes from Lancaster County organic farms. As I was…

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Kids are Important, Too

By Beth | July 15, 2014 |

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Philippians 2:3   I love a good laugh. The post started with a heading: “Sooooo funny!” and had in it a link to a video. If there was humor in it, I didn’t see it. The premise of the video…

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Radical Work

By Beth | July 11, 2014 |

  “Beth, Christianity is radical.” My husband’s words were too late. The Lord had graciously been pursuing me and I had bowed my knee to Jesus Christ. There was no turning back. Now, twenty years later, I know it is the best thing that ever happened to me. Lately I have been  wondering if “my”…

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Example by Imitation

By Beth | July 8, 2014 | Comments Off on Example by Imitation

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 1Thessalonians 1:6-7   While my daughter and her two children were visiting we ran a…

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What is Righteousness?

By Beth | June 30, 2014 |

  I’ll never forget this question. It came from a young woman I was mentoring right after she had come to faith in Jesus Christ. “What is Righteousness?  I think I would answer the question differently today. I said something about being “right” with God, having our sin settled with Him by our faith in…

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An Act of Self-Control

By Beth | June 27, 2014 | Comments Off on An Act of Self-Control

Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Exodus 33:11a   What an act of self-control! When I was teaching a women’s class that had a program for toddlers, I went in to visit the children one morning. The teacher had brought in a crown…

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