The Generation Gap

The other day, I went out to lunch with my mom. I live in a rural community and our restaurant choice was a little café with fewer than a dozen tables, one waitress and a fantastic gift shop. The atmosphere was very homey and relaxed and there was opportunity for pleasant conversation with our server….

A young Jewish girl is put in the palace of a king…  A boy and his sling are put in the path of a giant….    Two women, cousins, are pregnant at the same time…      A donkey refuses to proceed down the road…        A Samaritan passes by… A mother holds the hand of her child.A wife…

We have had a beautiful summer. Usually, in Nova Scotia, most of the summer is around 22-24 C with the occasional day reaching 29-30 C. This summer, most days were around 30-34 C with some days reaching 40 C. While the sun was shining, we were all in the water, playing and being refreshed. It…

I was at a conference this past weekend, and I lost track of how many times I went up and down in the elevator. Meals, meetings, breaks, forgotten things. On one of my numerous trips, I was blankly staring at the numbers on the panel and I wondered how often someone got off on the wrong…

I need to make a confession.  In the last week, I have not spent very much time with God.  I haven’t been reading my Bible and my prayer life has been short and probably not very sweet.  I’ve felt exhausted and struggled to be motivated. Not a very happy opening paragraph, but that’s where I’ve…

Ephesians 6:17 Take … the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. In the beginning of this series, we talked about the ‘belt of truth’ and how it carried the scabbard that sheathed the ‘sword of the Spirit’.  God’s word is the sword of the spirit.  Contained in its pages are descriptions…