Tag Archives: Good and Evil
It might not be surprising that many people have a difficult time in accepting the Christmas Story, the story about the birth of Jesus , the One whom we call the Son of God. There is so much talk of strange and mysterious things happening, angels, prophecy, people following stars – admit it, some of this does sound a…..
Do you remember playing tug of war as a young person? People are assigned sides, or two people get to choose who is going to be on their team. When we are very young everyone just grabs the rope and starts pulling their hardest to see if they can outpull the other side and drag them over the center line. …..
In Paul’s 2nd Letter to Timothy he writes that all Scripture is God-breathed and useful for training in righteousness (3:16). I found myself reflecting on this verse last night and early this morning. It seems to me that the Lenten season of Repentance is a tradition that is useful for training for righteousness. Some of things we choose to change about our behaviors and activities in our Lenten Season may…..
What do you think about when you hear the words: “Quality of Life”
Do you think about how much fun there is to be had and how much wealth there is to accumulate?
Do you think about health care issues?
Do you think about what kind of clothes a person wears?
What kind of car they drive?
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I was giving a presentation from my book to a group of women and I asked them if they had ever been called a temptress. Eyes opened wide and I said – not a temptress in a sensual or sexual sense – most women have been called that – I’m talking about being called a temptress because you presented temptations to other people the way the devil presented them to Jesus when they were in the wilderness together.
Those encounters…..
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A friend called me today and said June, you should read Romans. (We’ve had this conversation before and I knew exactly where she was going to take me – To Romans 1:26-27.)
I sighed and said, What do you want me to read? and she said Romans 1:26 & 27.
She read from her Bible and she said now read from yours. I said, “I’m getting so tired…..
My husband and I went to see the movie Captain Phillips for my birthday. He asked if I would like to go see 12 Years a Slave http://bit.ly/1bfJ9xB or check out different movies. When I looked at the movie previews I knew right away I wanted to see Captain Phillips http://bit.ly/16ZMwcJ instead. I told him that I’ve seen so many slave movies over the years I wanted to watch something different and I don’t think I ever saw a movie about…..
