Oh Jerusalem, you’ve given me so much this weekend: adventure, good fellowship, a sun-burned nose, and a heart-full for pondering.
Elisabeth
Stick-in-the-mud turned avid adventurer. Country mouse in the city. Freelance writer and editor, daydreamer, joyful child of God.
From Head to Foot
Annie Downs loves Scotland, ice cream, and unexpected shades of nail polish. Even more, she loves Jesus — and talking about Jesus to girls like you…and me. I’m older than Annie’s intended audience. In fact, I’m even a little older than Annie herself. But she had me from the very beginning: from the snow day…
Fox in Socks
One evening found me in the kitchen with two 20-something friends, passing a book from hand to hand, one we each read aloud with gusto. Three people meant three complete read-throughs, but not a single complaint. What was the book? Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss. Who could resist a tongue-twister that has its own…
first
I can’t keep procrastinating on trust. If I can’t trust Jesus with this unwanted, anticlimactic, homely, nubbly, little faith-tester of a circumstance (whatever it happens to be today), I won’t be ready to trust Him tomorrow with something more grandiose. Either I trust Him, or I don’t. Right here is where the rubber meets the road.
In the fulness of time
Have you ever thought about the world Jesus was born into?
Of course, the set-up for His arrival began before the foundation of the world, but we can see precise pieces being set into place decades, and even centuries ahead of time…
a fellowship-loving adventurer
I have lived in Israel for over four years, where I have met people from all over the world. God has used it to transform me from a painfully shy homebody into a fellowship-loving adventurer. He has also used it to stretch and grow my faith for His provision and direction.
A Passion to Help
I was practicing the spiritual gift of service for years before I realized what it was. But I can tell you from experience that serving out of my own strength just doesn’t work. I over-commit. I run out of energy and enthusiasm. And sometimes I even grow resentful of those I set out to help. I must serve God, not needs. I must let Him assign the tasks.
Q&A: Should daughters stay at home?
I’m looking for “chapter and verse” from the Bible on girls and young women staying at home, under their father’s protection and authority, until marriage. It was an easy concept until we have to back it up! Our daughter lives at home with us, has been homeschooled since birth, and graduates this year. She has…
