Have you ever wondered where in the Bible you should start reading? That is the subject of today’s Q&A. Tia, from TN, asks, “One of the questions I always get is where do I start in the bible…read it front to back or just open and read. Can you give me your answer?” … Read More
Now that I’ve officially announced everywhere that I won’t be continuing to teach next year so that I can consecrate myself fully to writing (and to my kids, who are growing up), I have all sorts of blogging and book ideas. For those of you who see “Bible” in the title and are sort of meh over my faith posts, but love the… Read More
God is kind to the Israelites as he frees them from slavery, sparing their first-born sons, and parting a massive body of water so they could go through – young, old, men, women and children. Not one is lost. (Exodus 1- 15). God is kind to his people as he makes bitter water sweet so they do not die of… Read More
On Friday night we drove to our friends’ house for a baptism, and half the church was there to celebrate it. Fredérique is a college chemistry teacher who studied the Bible for four years (only doing so because her husband is a member of our church). She is analytical, scientific, rational. She was a confirmed atheist. We arrived with our food contributions for… Read More
I am well. My house is an explosion of colour and toys from cousins visiting and birthday party paraphernalia, but I am well. Mostly. I was sort of hard-hit to learn that the actor who played Gilbert Blythe in the Anne of Green Gables mini-series died. I’m not usually affected by celeb deaths, but this one felt more personal. He was… Read More
I spend much of my days frozen with ineptitude, sitting amid the ashes and rubble, staring at the vortex of chaos that eats into the structured semblance of order and whips the pieces into more chaos. Does anyone else feel this way? I sometimes wonder if people commit suicide because they cannot bear the disorder. We were created for more. We were… Read More
