It's Proverbial Beware of Mama Bears Read: Proverbs 17:12 Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs than to encounter a fool immersed in folly (Proverbs 17:12, author’s translation). Some years ago Tommy and Ray…
It's Proverbial Who Are You Calling a Slacker? Read: Proverbs 6:6-11 Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise. Without having any chief or officer or ruler, it prepares its food in summer, and…
Christmas A Brave Prayer for a New Year Read: Psalm 39 Lord, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know who fleeting my life is (Psalm 39:4, NRSV). This may…
Christmas Making Room at the Inn Read: Luke 10:25-37 But a Samaritan while traveling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having…
Women in Waiting Series Mary’s Story: Meeting God in the Midst of Our Questions So [the shepherds] went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told them…
Women in Waiting Series Bathsheba’s Story: Take Back the Night Read: 2 Samuel 11:1–12:26; 1 Kings 1 It happened, late one afternoon, when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that…
Women in Waiting Series Ruth’s Story: Love Knows No Boundaries Read: Ruth 1–4 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When they came together, the LORD made her conceive, and she bore a son. Then the women said…
Women in Waiting Series Rahab’s Story: Let’s Make a Deal Read: Joshua 2 & 6:22-25 “As soon as we heard it, our hearts melted, and there was no courage left in any of us because of you. The LORD your…
Women in Waiting Series Tamar’s Story: Desperate Measures Read: Genesis 38 And Judah said, “Bring her out, and let her be burned.” As [Tamar] was being brought out, she sent word to her father-in-law, “It was the owner…
True Stories Not a Care in the World Read: Genesis 11:1–9 And the LORD said, “Look, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do; nothing…
