category: Scripture
A Christmas Baby
December 11, 2009"Expecting my first baby at Christmas-time lends a little new wonder to the season. Not only am I pregnant, I’m in my third trimester, so I’m acutely aware of my little son throughout the day (and night!). He kicks, wiggles, and pushes, delighting us with his precious existence. And while Advent is upon us and Christmas [...]"
Luke 2
December 07, 2009"I’m sorry to post a video twice in a row, but I loved these clips of Orison Piper narrating Luke 2. According to the YouTube page, he learned a lot of the chapter just by hearing it read out loud every day for a couple of weeks. "
I Will Not Go Free
July 02, 2009" ”When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing… But if the slave plainly says, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,’ then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring [...]"
The Facade
February 21, 2009"I’m quite capable of putting on a happy face and being Little Miss Christian. I could do all the good deeds, enjoy the compliments, and fool you into thinking I was humble and sweet on the inside. I’m very good at doing nice things for people when in reality I just want them to notice [...]"
Hope in Christ
December 24, 2008"Christmas is about Christ. And because of Christ, Christmas is about hope. On the night He was born, Christ’s life had not yet come to fulfillment in His death. But our Savior’s life had begun… “to give knowledge of salvation to His people in the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the [...]"
James 3: A Story
December 02, 2008" (HT: Unfurling Flower) "
What Is Remembered
November 24, 2008" I forget things all the time, and I’m only 22. I’ve heard it gets worse. Even though my mother likes to tell me that I have a good memory, I still know that I’m finite. I lose things, make mistakes, and pay late fees. Worse than the ordinary day-to-day forgetfulness is the spiritual forgetfulness. The King [...]"
Proverbs 31 Challenge: Rising Early
November 23, 2008" During my last semester of college, my small group studied the Proverbs 31 woman. Each week we considered a verse or two. Some verses were more applicable than others, and for me one of the most challenging was verse 15: “She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for [...]"
Looking intently in a mirror
November 20, 2008" I often fail to trust that the Word of God has powerful relevance to my life, today, in this exact circumstance. I gloss over its truth, and sometimes I’m guilty of thinking that I’ve heard it all before – how can it continue to change me? This is a faithless response. How can I not [...]"
Strangers
November 18, 2008"Foreigner: A person belonging to or owning allegiance to a foreign country* Exile: A person who is… absent from home or country* Stranger: Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found* One of my favorite Puritan writers, Matthew Henry, introduces his commentary on 1 Peter with these words: “This epistle is addressed to believers [...]"
