Life After Hail and Baal

By Beth | July 25, 2014

When the humble see it they will be glad; you who seek God, let your hearts revive. Psalm 69:3 I have spent the last couple of days thinking about suicide (not my own). A friend called to ask me what the Bible says about it. I had to do some digging and still have as…

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5 Ways to Increase the Power of Prayer

By Beth | July 22, 2014

    “And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.” Matthew 21:22 This verse is in red letters in most Bibles– Jesus’ words. Is this your experience – “whatever we ask for in prayer He gives us?  It is a source of frustration for many Christians but God does give…

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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

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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