Last week, we explored some factors that can cause us to feel unworthy to be called by God to do particular tasks or to take on a challenge. We discovered that feelings of unworthiness often surface when our actions contradict our values. As believers, we strive to...
Welcome to the first episode of our new worship series, Words. Each week there is a reading assignment in our companion book, Woman of Words, by Angela Hunt. You don't have to read with us. I'll summarize the chapters and point out references to Bible stories. We...
Corky Pickering, in an opinion article for the Red Bluff Daily, shared a couple of stories as illustrations of the common human experience known as the coincidence. An experience for which there is no apparent cause. Most part of us believe our world is based on a...
There is a plethora of metaphors that warn us about the impact of the words we speak. One that comes to mind is words are like toothpaste. Once you squeeze toothpaste out of the tube, you can’t put it back. And God said through the Prophet Isaiah that God’s Word never...
In this week’s chapters from our companion book, The Shepherd’s Wife, Pheodora learns that her plan to sell her goats for the Festival of Atonement will not work. The amount of money she will receive is not enough to cover her husband’s debt. As readers, we know that...
In this week's chapters from our companion book, The Shepherd's Wife, Pheodora discovers the Romans executed her brother, Yeshua, on a cross.. But there’s more. Three days later, His followers discovered that the tomb where her brother was buried was empty and...
If you’re like most parents, you want everyone in your family to lead happy and healthy lives. But too often, maintaining optimal health can feel like an overwhelming task. How can a busy family like yours find the time to ensure everyone eats well, exercises often,...
In this week’s chapters from our companion book, The Shepherds Wife, Pheodora reflects on a lifelong struggle with low self-esteem. While she believes God takes care of important people and situations, she is not so sure that God has time to worry about a shepherd’s...
One of life’s more disappointing moments is when we bite into something that looks scrumptious only to discover that the taste doesn’t match the presentation. Often, our disappointment may be based on prior experience and less on the merit of whatever we’re biting...
I still remember the hours following the tragedy at the Boston Marathon in 2013. Many of us in Flint knew some of the runners and anxiously awaited the news that our colleagues were unharmed. Three people, including an eight-year-old boy, were killed, and hundreds...