A gathering place for women growing in God's Word
Who likes the “S” word? It lands with a thud: submission. Why does this word make some of us bristle? Ol’ Blue Eyes expresses the natural human condition in his sonorous lines, “I did it my way.” At many junctures in life, in a thousand different ways, we are each invited to embark on a life-long process of surrender. This…
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My tongue was like a hot knife through butter. My husband was the butter. You know this did not go well. During our days of courtship, our budding relationship was characterized by constant quarrels. We were quite young – I was a teenager – and I regularly exhibited the immaturity to prove it. I had to argue. A fast-paced verbal…
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You’ve most likely heard the phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” What do you think when you hear this statement? The first thing that comes to mind is that we all “see” things differently. One person may see something beautiful while another may perceive an alternative reality. Recently, I chatted with my neighbor while overlooking our adjoining…
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I’ve been drawn to the phrase, “flourishing in the house of God.” What does it mean to be in your house, place of dwelling, or habitation, Lord? And what does it mean to be outside your house, to dwell outside the shelter you have created for me? The Hebrew word for “flourish” is “raanan” which means “green, luxuriant, fresh.” My…
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What does your life look like on the other side of Resurrection Sunday? Each year, we have high hopes as we celebrate Jesus’ sacrifice and victory. We anticipate new life breathed into our circumstances that desperately need a change. But when the day passes by with little discernible improvement, it can be a serious disappointment. What if the calendar gets…
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We arrive in Judah and enter the story at another dialogue between Naomi and Ruth. This time Naomi asks Ruth to do something rather peculiar. Let’s take a look: Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for. Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative…
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