The truth is not always pretty. As I was teaching a lesson on Satan this morning I thought how odd this teaching must sound to those who do not know or love the Lord. It may even sound pretty harsh to those Christians who do not know their Bibles. Satan is a hard reality of…

It was just for a moment. If I had tried I probably could have ignored it altogether and not dealt with it at all. But, the Holy Spirit wasn’t willing for me to let this one pass. It was greed, pure and simple greed. My husband saw some people yesterday that we hadn’t seen for…

I am seeing a trend that I am a little concerned about. It’s in our churches and it doesn’t seem to be denomination-specific but more a universal problem among Christians today. The problem is time; we think we don’t have enough if it to do the work of growing God’s kingdom. It seems to cross…

  I have many memories of my Dad. Most of them are good ones. He was one of those men who didn’t take a real active role in our parenting. I am one of six so this left a big responsibility on our Mother. I can remember crying over something that he thought was too…

I’ve been thinking about how often the Bible talks about doing things “according to God’s Word.” (See A Light unto Our path). I usually think of it along the positive lines. If I live according to God’s Word then I will be blessed. If I live as God instructs then I will have peace and…

There was a moment of what seemed like absolute silence when we were sitting at lunch the other day. Three adults and a three-year-old were present. The three-year-old went, “O, what was that?” One adult heard someone outside working in the yard. Another heard a train whistle. I heard the “whir” of the ceiling fan…