Sometimes I realize I’ve been reading a certain word and skipping right over it. Not taking a moment to consider what it means in this particular context. I’m thinking of words I am familiar with … like wait or refuge or shame. Perhaps those are familiar to you too. Words used in our common language and society. We wait for the timer to go off signaling […]
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March 5
Have you sprung ahead into Spring attire? With expected temps reaching into the 50’s have you forgone your wintery sweaters? Did it take an extra measure of patience to get your child or grandchild into their warmest coat early in the morning? We live in a climate that, in my opinion, necessitates layering. Nearly all year we start off with […]
February 26
Why have you forsaken me? Ever wonder that? In my humanness – yes, I have felt alone, set adrift without anyone to help me row. When I was a kid, it was my sisters and brother whom I thought regularly abandoned me. I just wasn’t into the same fun things. Or I just wasn’t fun enough to be included […]
February 19
How are you doing on your reading in the Psalms and Proverbs? Have you found a rhythm for some steady time with the Lord in these two “wisdom books” in the Bible? My routine may not be like yours but it works (mostly) for me and my schedule. And every time I sit with Worship & Wisdom, A Study […]
February 12
I love the click sound of two magnets coming together. I’m sure I learned in my school years about the magnetic pull that brings them together but I have forgotten. Sciency I am not, but I love that “click.” There have been some clicks in my brain this week while reading Psalms, Psalm 14 in particular. Something in […]
February 5
It was a bulb, a big bulb, a big dirty bulb. It looked like a huge onion half-buried in the flowerpot. And there it sat. Doing nothing. Nothing I could see anyway. I dribbled a little water into it occasionally and set it near the only window of my house that gets (sort-of) direct sunshine. Though tempted, I did not disturb […]
January 29
and an invitation to cake and flowers I had so many questions, when I was first reading the Bible. It was just a few months before Easter 1992 and I had just begun to attend church and learn about this Christian faith. I had been encouraged to read the Book of John in the New Testament. Before I […]
January 22
Save me! Help me! I’m drowning here! I need help! Have you uttered those words aloud? Recently? I might not say it out loud, but I think it. Over small things. Too much stuff. Too heavy of a box. Too crowded of a parking lot. Too steep of a climb. Too early of an awakening. Too much unkindness in the world. Sometimes over too many choices. But never over […]