Happy new year! It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted, and I hope you had a good start to 2019. We had a great holiday – very relaxing – and I was able to catch up on, not only writing projects, but also on my rest, some cleaning, relationships, and life as a whole. So I’m feeling refreshed… Read More
Jesus told us that when we pray, we should say the words that have come to be known as The Lord’s Prayer. (This is found in Matthew 6 and Luke 11). These are the essential elements we need to communicate to God when we pray, and these are the essential elements we need to focus on to strengthen our own… Read More
This week’s question is from Sarah in TN, and it’s about when the Holy Spirit enters you. “I’d love information on the Holy Spirit. Does it only enter unto people once they have accepted and been saved.” Sarah, thank you for this question. I spent an enjoyable two weeks reading (or re-reading? – I can’t remember) an old book we had lying… 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
I have been longing to start the new year, and with it, what has become a tradition of ours to fast for forty days at its beginning. The fast is a combination of food-free days (usually twice a week), sometimes denying pleasures such as TV or novels, giving up things we love like coffee, cheese, sweets, bread, etc. and “adding” more prayer…. Read More
I have a pretty even temper. I don’t scream at my kids – I teach or scold them instead. I don’t yell at my husband – I express how I’m feeling in a calm voice (a fact which I can’t take complete credit for – it’s my husband who provides a safe place for me to do this). And there’s not a whole… Read More
