verse4today: "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer" (Romans 12:12).
Posted on 2010-07-29 via Twitter
One of the benefits of a One Year Bible is that it leads me to very interesting stories in Scripture that I might otherwise overlook. Today I experienced that benefit in the story of Joash the king and Jehoida the priest (II Chronicles 24-25). Here are a few excerpts: "Joash was seven years old when he become king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years... He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all … Read More …
"Spies who had been facing years of incarceration in the US and Russia came in from the cold (this past Friday) as they traveled in opposite directions around the globe.” Ten headed eastward to Moscow and four, who had been in detention in Russia, began journeys to new lives in the West. “The extraordinary exchange unfolded... after all 10 spies, whose deep-cover ring had been blown open by US authorities nearly two weeks ago, pled guilty in … Read More …
I love stories. My favorite songwriters share why they wrote the song. My sister spent a year in the Dominican Republic, teaching during the day and playing dominoes over shared pots of rice at night; she recounts the conversations in great detail. One of my best friends from college just travelled with his brothers for two weeks throughout Europe, and wore one suit the whole trip. I can listen to each of these people for hours. Truly, everyone … Read More …
Not sure why, but this past Sunday I cut a page out of my sermon. Perhaps I wanted to leave time for the testimonies which followed, even though all but one were NOT planned. Perhaps I was afraid to drive the point home, afraid to offend someone. Whatever the reason, I thought the blog would provide a venue to deliver that which I failed to deliver this past Sunday. Here it is: Friends, Pentecost was the greatest … Read More …
Trinity Christian College student, Julianne Woodroof, recently wrote a poem entitled "Roots." She read it during Living Hope's May 16 gathering. You may listen to is by clicking here, and you may also read it: she is beautiful branches dripping with glossy leaves boasting blooming flowers bowed low with the weight of her beauty serene and still, glowing softly in morning springtime sun no hint of the rot that lies beneath, creeping even … Read More …