Luke 7 is a familiar story to most: the woman who interrupts dinner to wash and perfume Jesus’s feet, vexing the Pharisaical witnesses. The focus is primarily on her, this “sinner,” presumably a prostitute because she is described as “a woman of the city” (7:37 ESV). We remember her. But what about the host of […]
Motherhood is already chock full of demands, but during the summer when there is no reprieve provided by school, the demands keep comin’ without much of a chance to catch my breath. This concentrated time with my children has revealed to me that I enjoy time and space for my agenda. Summer called that agenda […]
“So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.” Galatians 6:9 I love this verse, but the truth is, I do get tired of doing good. I’m exhausted after the twenty-seventh time my kids have whined at me and it isn’t even […]
I had a box delivered (school supplies for Kindergarten) which I placed atop my washer in the garage on my way out the door. Two days later, when I could no longer avoid the growing pile of laundry, I decided to move the box to the floor of the garage as it had been months […]
Usually when people talk about certainties, there’s a quip about death and taxes. When Jesus spoke about certainties, He assured us with the utmost sincerity that there will be insults, persecution and suffering―and that we are blessed when we endure those things. “You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind […]