Lent #3 The Heart of Christ (William Tyndale)
Nicky Gumbel, the founder of Alpha, went on holiday with his family to Russia and smuggled in Russian Bibles. He writes (on his Bible in one year app) While I ...
Lent #2 The Heart of Christ (Thomas Goodwin)
In my recent interview with Dr. Dobson, I shared the story of how all my daughters and my only daughter-in-law gave birth to little girls in the same summer and ...
Lent 2021 #1: The Heart of Christ
So often Valentine's Day and Lent fall in the same week, as they do this year. It almost seems like an oxymoron -- should I enjoy my Valentine chocolates or ...
Love in a Time of Covid #6 Made For Another World
Perhaps you have heard the saying that those who are too heavenly minded are of no earthly good, but indeed, it is the heavenly-minded who have actually done the most ...
Love in a Time of Covid # 5 The Rider on The White Horse
After Steve died, I went out to dinner with Kathy Troccoli, with whom I'd traveled for five years with our book, Falling in Love with Jesus. Kathy has been single ...
Love in A Time of Covid # 4 I’ll Fly Away
In the many moves in our marriage, I always desired a house near the water, which God sometimes graciously granted. When Steve felt a call to the medically under-served area ...
Love in a Time of Covid Week #3 The Bride Jesus Loves
The Bible begins with a wedding, ends with a wedding, and is shot through with pictures of a faithful Bridegroom loving an unfaithful bride. This Bridegroom has the power to ...
Love in a Time of Covid #2 (He Who Overcomes)
This week is about overcoming, and I've been reading a book about two women who truly were overcomers when they were taken captive in Iran for their Christianity. What was ...
Introduction: #1 “Love in a Time of Covid” (Overcoming thru Revelation)
I remember when I was a young girl looking at the photographs in Life Magazine of the 5 martyred missionaries in the jungles of Ecuador. That was one of the early ...
Reflecting on the Poetry of Christmas
Before we leave 2020, I'd like you to reflect, with help of some beautiful poetry, on the beauty of God being made flesh. But first, I want to tell you ...
An Advent of Holy Contemplation #4 He Made Himself Nothing
This year may be the simplest Christmas we've known, but that may get us closer to the One who made Himself nothing for us. Perhaps you will be with some relatives ...
An Advent of Holy Contemplation #3 God and Sinners Reconciled!
I was reading an old article entitled "England Before And After Wesley," and how dramatically the doctrine of grace banished the darkness with light. For example, slavery was rampant in ...
An Advent of Holy Contemplation #2 Fear Not!
If we listen to our souls we might hear: How can this Christmas possibly be wonderful? Will I or the people I love get Covid? Will there be enough money ...
An Advent of Holy Contemplation #1 Sometimes A Light Surprises!
Christmas during the pandemic will be different in some ways for each of us. We may not be with loved ones, we may not be participating in joyful live worship ...
# 10 MAKING LAMENT PERSONAL
This has been such a personal study. As our Dawn said, "We really get to know one another through our laments." I also was so delighted when a personal friend ...