Finding comfort in a “messy” world.

September 3, 2014.Reading time 1 minute.

Yesterday our President said, “…The world has always been messy.” He’s right. As I watched the news and lamented over the brutality of ISIS, one picture filled my mind. It’s a scripture from the book of Isaiah: …All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass […]

Does Jesus know you?

August 30, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

I’m a bit late in posting (like always), but this morning I can’t help thinking about Robin Williams. Partially that’s because stories about him are still cropping up in my news feed and the gist of most of them is still: Why? How could this have happened? The simple answer is that even though Robin […]

Have you ever been wronged?

August 18, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Have you ever been wronged? The other day I was reading about composting, because I just bought one. Only a true gardener dreams about having a composter right? Here it is… So anyway, I read that in a certain American town, growing beautiful tomatoes is prized – so much so that it’s competitive. One woman […]

Are you worth your salt?

August 7, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” Matt 5:13 This passage is often used in conjunction with the next one that talks about believers being “light.” […]

Jesus’ parables and the power of story – Part 2

August 2, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Jesus told the parable of the weeds and the parables that went before and after it, from a boat. He was staying at someone’s lake house. When he went outside to sit, large crowds gathered so he hopped into a boat and taught while they stood on shore. As I mentioned in the previous post, Jesus’ […]

Jesus’ parables and the power of story – Part One

July 31, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Jesus often spoke in parables, which were stories developed out of a simile or a figurative saying. So basically, one image is compared to one reality, and a narrative emerges. A parable is not just “a story” and Jesus wasn’t just an ordinary storyteller. A parable was always told with the knowledge that an explanation […]

Jesus still helps us

July 17, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. John 17:15 For the last twenty years, I’ve been on a spiritual journey as a follower of Jesus. Living as a Christian woman in the 21st century can be confusing and conflicting. We’re taught […]