Three Reasons the Easter Story is Hard to Believe
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A Farewell to Cheese
A Farewell to Cheese My primary care doctor sent me to an allergy specialist this week. Both doctors immediately had suspicion of...
You Know What They Say About Assuming
 Image: Unsplash There are many things I’ve misunderstood about God and the spiritual life over the years. Many of these...
Are Bible Verses Historical Quotes?
Image: Unsplash Can we consider Bible verses historical statements? The debate surrounding the historical accuracy of the Gospels, for...
My Redeemer Lives
Image: Upsplash A Rough Start I don’t have any good memories of the time I decided to follow Jesus and was baptized as an adult. I’m sure...
Catching the Light
Image: Upsplash I am from the South. I am a sunlight junkie. The house I grew up in was a mile off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. My friends...
Chuck's Birthday
Pic: Photo by TABoland It’s been almost eight years since Chuck passed. I thought of him today (January 31) on his birthday. So many of...
Singing in the Choir
Pic: Long Beach High School Concert Choir 1983 I sang in the Concert Choir when I was in high school. Our teacher was well-known through...
Past-Tense Jesus
(What’s the Point of the Resurrection? Part 2) This is the second blog exploring the role of the resurrection of Jesus in the salvific...
What's the Point of Resurrection? Part 1
The study of scripture is endlessly fascinating. It doesn’t seem possible that we can read the same passage of scripture many times over...
Wise Men Seek Him
Between the last page of the Old Testament and the first page of the New Testament, roughly four hundred years passed when heaven was...
That Little Thing Called Shame
Spiritual growth is hard work. I have learned in the last six years or so to allow the Spirit to lead me into topics of conversation that...
What Does It Mean to Be Safe?
What does it mean to be in a safe place? a safe space is where I can lower the emotional and mental walls that protect me a space I can...
Exploring the Dead Sea Scrolls
The discovery of two thousand year old documents in the desert bordering Israel and Jordan was undoubtedly the greatest archaeological...
Why You Should Fall in Love with the Book of Hebrews
The author of Hebrews was an educated, skillful writer. If you've ever tried to read the letter to the Hebrews, it may have seemed like...
What Can We Learn from the Pharisees?
Who were the Pharisees we read about in the Bible? Were they all bad? How are we often like the Pharisees in our spiritual lives? To read...
The Marks of Genuine Repentance
What does it mean to truly repent? Is it enough to say we are sorry or to feel remorse? The Bible teaches that true and genuine...
Getting More from Bible Study
Sometimes, it's small, simple habits that make the biggest difference. To lose weight, we might make small changes like drinking more...
The Scars of Easter Morning
Photo Cred: Freepik.com April 17 will be seven years since my husband, Chuck, went home to the Lord. This year, April 17 falls on Easter...
Do I Share the Truth in Love?
I was sitting with a friend at a women’s bible study when she spoke her honest feelings about something going on in my life. I didn’t...
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