Why Genealogies Matter

Why Genealogies Matter

What do you think of when you look at the genealogies in the Bible? Do they excite you or bore you? For me, these genealogies have been easy to skip over or just read through quickly. They don’t always mean much to me, especially the ones in the Old Testament. A...

Drawn to the Trash

I could sense her anticipation as she inched her pint-sized frame toward the open door. What excitement lay beyond? Dark and mysterious, the shadowy edges called to her. It was the perfect place to explore. Her pace hastened. She could hold back no longer. But just on...

Celebrate in the Darkness

I have a friend that says, “Life’s too short not to celebrate every little thing you can.” I like the way she thinks. The other day another friend of mine told me about something she’d learned in her study of the Bible that calls for a celebration. It’s pretty cool,...

Hidden In My Heart

“Faith is the substance of things hoped for – the evidence of things unseen.” I was talking to a friend last week, and she was trying to explain this verse in relation to our topic of the moment. She couldn’t quite pull the words up from the back roads of her mind,...

Feel Like Waving the White Flag of Surrender?

Life is hard. Best friends get cancer, children struggle in school, mental illness is real, and companies lay off people. So how do we handle the tough stuff? Do we shut down, pull the blankets over our heads, and wave the white flag of surrender? That may work for...