Ephesians 5:1 – “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.” We see it all around us: From the young boy who loves to wear “Daddy shirts” to church to the small girls playing dress-up with Mom’s heels from the closet, small children imitate their parents. It’s one way in which they learn about their…
Month: July 2019
Recent Reads, Volume II
A brief summary of what I’m currently reading or have recently finished, why I read it, and whether I’d recommend it. Although really, it’d have to be truly terrible for me to bother writing about a book I wouldn’t recommend…… The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot) – when a friend with extremely similar…
Better Than Silence
Last week I wrote a little bit about 2 Samuel 13 (it can be found here if you missed it or need a refresher), and one of the major things we learned from the account of Amnon and Tamar is that silence cannot be our response. So today, I wanted to highlight three organizations that…
The Worst Story in the Bible
Thanks in part to Jen Wilkin, for giving me the courage to write this. Well, with an opener like that, who really wants to keep reading? Actually, there are more contenders for this infamous title than one might expect – apparently humanity is sinful and makes terrible decisions (hello, Judges) – and I consider this…
Weapons of Warfare
2 Corinthians 10:3-6: “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive…