Gaining a heart of wisdom
Whether it’s a movie, a novel, a picture book, or a tale spun around the dining room table, people are drawn to stories. In I Corinthians 10, the Apostle Paul looks back on one of the most well-known stories of his people, their wilderness wandering. He uses the important images there to illustrate sobering truths for… Continue reading The Challenge and the Inspiration of a Good Story
By design, the human brain gropes for connections. We link cause and effect, motive and action, origin and result. Sometimes, though, the connection seems to be missing. Some events cause us to look around, to search for meaning, and to realize that we are seeing very little evidence of rational thought or even of God's… Continue reading Are You Perplexed by What’s Happening in Your World?
When I'm teaching a group of women, and I say, "The Bible is a book about God," I expect eyes to roll, because, well.... Isn't it obvious? Yes, it is obvious, which begs the question: Why, then, do we read the Bible as if it's all about us? We open it to our favorite parts… Continue reading Discover the Bible as One Coherent Story About God
