Have you ever gotten hung up on something that doesn’t make sense to you in the Bible? We’ve all been there. Whether it’s a big doubt that arises in your mind over something seemingly cruel, a miracle, or just a detail that seems to conflict with another recounting of the story in another book of…
Impossible!
Yesterday in children’s Bible class, we reviewed the first fifteen chapters of Exodus. (!) As I watched the children reenact crossing the Red Sea, it occurred to me that I was asking them to believe the impossible. I was telling them that an ancient document claimed that there is a God in Heaven who is…
Doing Good
My favorite eleven-year-old boy in Bible class flashed me that ‘Guess what?’ smile right after he’d helped me set up for class. He had stopped at the top of the stairs just before leaving and I knew I was in for a good story. He whipped out his small New Testament and showed me that…
Earnest
Dear Husband and I have several dear friends who grew up in a cult. As young people they were required to marry within the cult, and most were employed by cult members. If you left the cult you were cut off from the community- even your own relatives. Our friends became curious about the Bible…
Before and Behind
Picture a happy childhood memory with a grandparent or other older relative or friend. What made you happy? Why do you remember it? Do you remember the conversation or the activity? Where did it happen? Was it an ordinary experience that you happen to remember or was it out of the ordinary? How could you…
Daddy
Sometimes I didn’t see my father for a year at a time during my growing-up years because he chose jobs that took him far from home. I can remember standing at the black phone on the wall and wishing futuristic phones that you could see each other already existed. Our long-distance conversations were timed to…