I once heard my Pastor, Nick, say that some people treat the attributes of God like a smorgasbord. Attributes refer to qualities and characteristics associated with God. For instance, some people are hungry for big portions of His grace but quickly pass by His righteousness. His mercy has an inviting aroma, but His justice is a little hard to swallow for some. And then, there is the subject of God’s love… But we’ll come back to that one at a…..

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It wasn’t the first time this happened to me, but it was especially disturbing because of who the conversation was with: someone who used to confess the Christian faith but then made a hard left turn. I don’t think people set out to drift away from the truth, but we need to realize that choices can have major consequences. Many today deny the authenticity and authority of the Bible, sadly out of ignorance. But it’s often rejected by those who…..

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I remember many years ago participating in a Biblical Counseling Class. I was doing some informal women to women counseling but I felt extremely inadequate. When the opportunity arose to be part of the class, I jumped right in. It was a great opportunity, but I was a little disappointed at the outcome. I really liked the teacher, and he was extremely knowledgeable in the Bible, but I was looking for something that he couldn’t provide: I wanted the answers…..

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As long as I can remember I’ve wanted to play the piano. Not just play at it, as I’ve tried in the past, but skillfully and graciously let my fingers dance on the keys. When I was young, I would sit at the piano and pretend I could play, but that mostly resulted in noise and chaos. I lacked basic, important knowledge that would put me on the right path to really knowing how to make music. So why, today,…..

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Living in the United States is much different than it was a decade ago, or even just last year. Politics aside – which would involve a much longer conversation and a fair amount of controversy – I’ve seen “equal rights” increase substantially for some groups, while rapidly decreasing for others. As a Christian, I’ve never witnessed a more challenging time to speak Bible-truth with complete assurance of religious freedom. (Which is guaranteed by our Constitution. Just saying…) But it’s also…..

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Some things are still etched in my mind, concerning the writing of The Bridge from OneDayBow. For instance, chapter 26. I had been working on it early one morning and was very shocked when I typed the words, “… Tim took an awful fall!” It wasn’t what I had expected, but the story took me there. I had to call my husband at work and tell him about it. He replied, “You’re not going to kill the little guy off,…..

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In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to…..

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If Tim would have picked the title for chapter 27 of The Bridge from OneDayBow, I think it may have been this one. One minute he was helping out around the yard, the next he was toppling down a hill on the way to a ballgame, and the next thing he knew he was in the hospital. And there was no one more confused than Tim as to how he got there, and why. In a moment, Tim went from…..

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We’ve all had them. You know, those unexpected, unplanned, and usually unwanted events in life. We call them bumps, but sometimes they feel like boulders. But before talking about the bump, I want to say that Tim has come along way! Chapter 26 of The Bridge from OneDayBow would be a surprise were it not for seeing the growth in Tim. There was a time when yardwork would have been avoided at all costs, but Tim seems completely content to…..

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We’ve parked for a while in the 25th chapter of The Bridge from OneDayBow and looked at the subjects of truth and deception from many perspectives. But there’s one more thing to consider before we move on. There’s a lot of talk today about having “your own truth”. And some of the “self-truth” claims defy logic. But where did the notion of “personal truth” come from? We can clearly see its conception in the Bible, Genesis 3, when the serpent…..

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