About a year ago, I had the privilege of teaching Judges 13-16, which covers the life of Samson, as part of our mid-week Bible study. (As a brief point of clarification, this was in the morning section, which is open only to women.) Over the next few weeks, as it is far too long for…
Month: October 2019
Recent Reads, Volume III
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…… No Visible Bruises (Rachel Louise Snyder) – don’t pick this up on a lark, but…
Planning
“Planning is just guessing.” So begins a recent post from a homeschool mom, author, and podcaster I follow. How encouraging, right? Your best-laid plans – the ones that took you hours to create and notate and refine and rewrite and think through, yes, those plans – are just guesses. Educated guesses, to be sure. But…
His Bountiful Care
One of the most oft-repeated songs in our house over the last year has been “O Worship the King”, thanks to my 7-year-old and our long-standing bedtime routine of a song of choice for each of the girls and a final from the hymnal. (If you don’t know this hymn, it’s worth a few minutes…
The Idols of Today
What I’m about to say is certainly not new. It’s not ground-breaking or revolutionary by any means, and if you’ve been in church for any lengthy period of time or heard a sermon based on any of the Old Testament narrative, from Judges all the way through to the exilic period, chances are it was…