Tag Archives: Bible Study

The last week of Seven4Seven, and I’m not sure what to say. I could talk about what a long year it’s been, and how proud I am of you for accepting the challenge and following it through. I could remind … Continue reading →

Long races do more sifting than short ones. Although nearly everyone who enters a 5k finishes it, fewer finish a 10K, or half-marathon, or marathon. The latter tests a person’s stamina and emotional strength, sifting those with only good intentions … Continue reading →

I’m in over my head. You heard me. Writing is a impossible beast, one that I’m afraid I’ll never be able to master. And sometimes, when I’m feeling particularly in over my head, I wonder how in the world I … Continue reading →

I’m an old soul. Last week and this we’re reading books like Galatians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians, and 1 & 2 Corinthians. I say “books,” but in reality they are letters. Letters from Paul to friends he’d met on the … Continue reading →

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. ~ Galatians 6:9 Only a handful of Bible verses stand out in a childhood filled with … Continue reading →

Just in case you’re tempted to compare yourself to another, Peter makes that mistake for the rest of us. And his blunder remains recorded in Biblical ink. Lucky him. After Jesus’ arrest, trial, death, and miraculous resurrection, He appears to … Continue reading →

I’m a believer in thank-you notes. And I blame my mother. From the time I could hold a fat pencil in my little girl fingers, my mother demanded I scrawl out handwritten cards to every friend, family member or stranger … Continue reading →

This is the second time I’ve read through the Bible in a year. And like the first, reading through the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) amazes me. At times it can be cumbersome. After all, some stories are recorded … Continue reading →

“On hearing it, many of his disciples said, ‘This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” ~ John 6:60 “There’s really no point to any education after the sixth grade. It’s stupid. And a waste of time.” My eighth-grade … Continue reading →