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I recently listened to two sermons on this section of Acts. The two sermons were very different. And both important. But as I searched the Internet for notes and comments and articles on Acts 6-8 it became evident that one of the sermons I’d heard was a pretty common way of preaching about this passageContinue reading “Acts 6-8: Stephen”

I am a verbal person. I praise God for that. It is a gift from Him and I know that. But sometimes it is also a curse. I know I misuse my own chatter sometimes as a way of keeping a distance – and that is a sin. There are times when I even doContinue reading “Quieting the Chatter”

I hope it’s not a sin to skip a bunch of days in your Bible reading plan. I kept “not” reading Judges. I got so far behind. I finally decided I either need to catch up or give up. I tried catching up and I remembered why I had such a hard time reading Judges.Continue reading “Judges”

8 Open your mouth for the mute,    for the rights of all who are destitute.9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,    defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9 I learned two important things on the same day, something that I’m sure was not a coincidence. First, that the nation with the fastest growing Christian population is currently Kenya. MyContinue reading “Christians: Kenya Needs Help”

“yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. “ James 4:14 Life on Earth is short. Not a single one of us, no matter how young or old, how busy or how bored, how healthy or how ill,Continue reading “James 4:14”

This post is about worship music. Really. It just takes a while to get there. When I was 10 years old I landed an unusual gig for a 10-year old — I was the pianist’s page turner for a musical that ran for (I’m pretty sure…) 6 weeks (plus 3-4 weeks of rehearsals – asContinue reading “Whole Soul Memory”

These 2 young heroes saved their school bus driver’s life with their calm actions and quick thinking when she suffered a medical emergency while driving the school bus. They summoned help by calling the school bus dispatcher over the 2-way radio, they set the parking brake on the bus and turned on the flashing lights.Continue reading “Young Heroes”

Yesterday the family held a small private memorial service for my favorite Aunt, who passed away last December. I smiled thinking how much she would have loved to have been at the service. Maybe she was. Her whole life was devoted to bringing people together and to caring for them. She was the family peacemaker,Continue reading “My Aunt Elsie”

Last night a friend of mine’s pet cat died. She shared her home and her life with that cat for years. I don’t know whether there are animals in Heaven or not. Isaiah offers hope: The wolf and the lamb will feed together,    and the lion will eat straw like the ox,    and dust will be the serpent’s food.TheyContinue reading “Isaiah 65:25”

I finally finished my class on the Book of Revelation. At least this time I got all the way through it. When I started this class I wrote: “So I’m putting my faith in God to lead … praying that He will open my heart to a better understanding of Him through this study ofContinue reading “The Book of Revelation”