Home Life by Bev and Phil Haas Our sixth grade son is intellectually gifted but based on his behavior you wouldn’t know it. He’s not mean spirited, but he just doesn’t think and keeps getting into trouble at school. Last year he brought a knife to school to show his friends. Recently he was suspended […]
No Longer a Worrywart
by Amy Simon I’ve wrestled a lot with worry over the past few years. After living a relatively crisis-free life, I lost my mother, grandmother, and two babies—all within a span of eight months. Suddenly, not only could bad things happen, they were happening to me. No longer could I find security in the normalness […]
Are You Leaning on a Spider’s Web?
by Janeen Lewis “Today’s young woman knows she controls her own destiny.” The words blared from the television set during a recent morning news show synopsis about women who had just graduated from college. I couldn’t help thinking to myself that “today’s young woman” was in for a shock. It’s been 16 years since I […]
Day by Day with the Bible—Week of August 28, 2011
August 28 Day 1 Luke 20:1–8 Titus 3:9–15 Proverbs 16:17–33 Esther 5, 6 Day 2 Luke 20:9–19 Philemon 1–11 Proverbs 17:1–14 Esther 7, 8 Day 3 Luke 20:20–26 Philemon 12–25 Proverbs 17:15–28 Esther 9, 10 Day 4 Luke 20:27–40 Hebrews 1:1–9 Proverbs 18 Isaiah 1, 2 Day 5 Luke 20:41–47 Hebrews […]
Do we really mean it?
Another Look by David Faust Ezra faced a daunting task. God wanted him to lead a remnant of exiled Jews from Babylon back to Jerusalem, which lay in ruins. Ezra’s mission was to re-build the temple, then to be a spiritual leader as the people worshiped the Lord once again in the holy city. Hundreds […]
