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Lord, You knew we'd be here.
You knew when You formed him in my womb that this day would come. You knew that he would walk away from the church, from our "faith family," and from what Your Word tells...
Ruth is our first spicy granny who didn't pretend to be, or was, a prostitute! But she did sleep with her husband before she was married, and proposed to him!! Her story is more sweet than savory and ...
Mary wasn't Jesus' grandmother, she was his mother. But her name is included in Matthew's list and it is so very significant.
These devotions accompany my podcast series: Jesus' Spicy Grannies.
We f...
Bathsheba's story has taken many perspectives. Some people have made it a love story, others have considered hers an ancient #metoo saga. I tend to lean to that side of things. The authority of kings ...
As the 2nd woman mentioned in Matthews' genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1), we know that Rahab has something to tell us. Something God wants us to remember today.Ā
While Tamar pretended to be a prostitut...
When Matthew wrote the geneology of Jesus, He included the names of 5 women. This was scandalous!! There are many genealogies listed in the Bible, andĀ this is the only oneĀ that mentions multiple women...
In a conference I led for Lifeway Christian Resources back in November, I asked this question:
WHY IS DECONSTRUCTION SUCH A āTHINGā TODAY?
And then I attempted to answer it by sharing what Carey Ne...
I was a history major in college, some eons ago. History was fascinating to me because it moved in circles rather than linear lines. Time moved linear, but what people did with it repeated itself over...
If I could have visited Joseph about 6 months into his prison sentence, I would have asked him if he still believed God's promises.Ā
"Joseph, what do you make of all those dreams God gave you when yo...
We made it! It's Christmas, and I know that your day is filled with gift-giving and family and food and fun. Let's make a little room for Him, perhaps at the beginning of the day as we remember and ce...
I hope that you will finish out your advent season by lighting these final 2 candles; one on Christmas Eve and the other on Christmas Day. We will light our Love candle after 4 Christmas Eve services ...
This week we light our 3rd candle in the advent wreath. We've lit two purple candles, and this week we get to light the pink one representing joy. Here's a devotion to help guide your conversation cen...
