Have you been born again? Do you know what this metaphor even means—and why Jesus used it to confront a Bible teacher named Nicodemus? And what about the metaphor of wind or the imagery of the snake on the pole? And why didn’t Jesus just use plain English… or...
By: Shannon Popkin, Taken from the True Woman blog. “I accepted Ken as my husband.” For the record, I have never spoken about my husband in these terms. I’ve never said to my children, “Twenty years ago, I accepted your daddy as my personal...
Sometimes, when the kids were little (usually after I had blown it and lost my temper with them again), I would slump over in prayer and say, “God! I am doing such a terrible job! These kids are never going to want to follow you.” The implicit message of...
My husband’s resume is pages and pages long. Which means he’s had lots of different jobs. Which means he has interviewed for dozens of positions. But he’s never had an interview quite like this one.It was an interview for a management position at his...
When we moved into our house two years ago, the previous owners were kind enough to give us their big basket of Christmas lights. They even went so far as to give us a diagram, showing which strand of lights went on which roof peak.I was delighted! Now, at long last,...
Thanks to Beyond Bath Time for publishing the following story: In the car, Younger grumbled about several things in a row. So, as I often do, I asked him to name ten things he was thankful for. He mentioned Older in at least half of his thanksgivings. “I’m thankful...