We live in a world of scorekeeping. When someone wrongs us, we often say, “I forgive you, but I won’t forget.”
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We live in a world of scorekeeping. When someone wrongs us, we often say, “I forgive you, but I won’t forget.”
When I was in college, I had a friend whose father liked to tease me about being Methodist. Whenever I visited, he would have a Bible open to 1 Timothy 2:11–14, ready to ask if we had women pastors.
“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of faith is to see what you believe.” Saint Augustine
In the fourth Gospel, there is a disciple simply known as the one whom Jesus loved.
I admit, there are times when people are talking to me that I just blank out. My ears stop working, and my mind—of its own accord—moves on to a new topic.
When a woman says “yes” to God, be There is a holy hush before the dawn, when light readies itself to touch the world again. prepared for the world to turn on its head.
When a woman says “yes” to God, be prepared for the world to turn on its head.
The entire book of Jonah is only 48 verses long. In chapter 2, Jonah is in deep, figuratively and literally.
Now, if the title of this writing has you humming a certain song from Queen, we can be friends!
In being a parent, I have found that my child’s most moody, anger-ball moments are reserved just for me.
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)
