by Phyllis | Feb 27, 2013 | Devotional
You are Ehud, a timid man with handicaps. You live in Israel during the time of the Judges, when the children of Israel occupy the promised land in a tenuous kind of way, bedeviled by the Canaanites and their tempting fertility worship while forgetting who their help...
by Phyllis | Feb 20, 2013 | Devotional
God chose the spot where he asked Abraham to build an altar and sacrifice his son Isaac. God told Abraham to take the boy to “a place I will show you.” It was several days’ walk from where Abraham lived in the Negev desert. When they got close, Abraham laid the...
by Phyllis | Feb 15, 2013 | Devotional
Imagine that you are Rebekah, a young Aramean woman, not yet married. You live in Haran in a household that includes your elderly father but is run by your brother Laban. You have a comfortable niche, with friends and servants, a mother, maybe sisters. Life is looking...
by Phyllis | Feb 6, 2013 | Devotional, Thoughts to share
Why is paying attention to God so difficult? I have great intentions every day to pray a lot and let the Lord guide me through my decisions of the day: how I will spend my time, what I will focus on. But things degenerate pretty quickly. Soon I’m making choices...
by Phyllis | Feb 6, 2013 | Devotional, Thoughts to share
Why is paying attention to God so difficult? I have great intentions every day to pray a lot and let the Lord guide me through my decisions of the day: how I will spend my time, what I will focus on. But things degenerate pretty quickly. Soon I’m making choices...
by Phyllis | Jan 9, 2013 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from Tanya Eavenson. What do disciples, writers, and faith have in common? Let me give you a hint with the word disciple. Jesus called twelve men to follow Him. It was a call for them to be trained and to learn. As writers, we are much like...
by Phyllis | Oct 17, 2012 | Devotional
You remember the story of Cain and Abel, no doubt. At least, you remember how it ended, in the world’s first murder. But how did it begin? Where was the root of the festering anger that took hold of Cain? Cain and Abel had different ways of doing things,...
by Phyllis | Aug 22, 2012 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from author Ada Brownell. “Whoever lives and believes in me will never die” (John 11:26). Is the water that makes steam gone forever? No, because the earth has only a certain amount of water, which is constantly in a precipitation and...
by Phyllis | Aug 15, 2012 | Devotional, Guest posts
Today we have a guest post from author Linda Rondeau. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, Abba, Father. (Romans 8:15 NIV) Not able to have children of their own, my son and...
