Each week in our Selah study of the Word you have an opportunity to put in extra work that reaps benefits for a lifetime. Let me explain 3 reasons why you need to memorize Scripture with a story. Two brothers were out for a stroll through their father’s orchards. They came upon a tree loaded with delicious cherries. After they ate …
Awhile back, I decided to travel, with a group of friends, through the well-charted verses of Psalm 119 using the Selah Bible Study method. While I had journeyed through Psalm 119 and portions of this passage numerous times, I had a desire to not just read it, but take some time to stop and truly experience it. As I slowed …
There is something deliciously familiar about my husband. Before you think I might give you TMI, let me explain. We were high school sweethearts that went to different schools. Our lives intersected in band. He, being the cute guy who was the first chair clarinet and me being the third. We became instant BBF (Band Best Friends) and started dating …
“I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” Jerimiah 31:25 Is it just me, or do you sometimes grow wearing in your Quiet Times? According to Titus 2, I am an older woman. Even though I have been blessed to walk with the Lord for 35+ years, I have a confession to make. While I earnestly desire to be in …
Let me love you a little longer before you’re not little anymore… January makes me reflective. I distinctly remember glancing at my then twelve-year-old girl’s face and, I caught a fleeting glimpse of who she would be when grown into a woman. That was 20 plus years ago, but this memory of the-future-her is etched into my mind. It was …
Hey there Mama, I am talking to you… you are the one with a ‘tweenage daughter who is transforming before your very eyes. This New Years, have you taken a long, hard look at your life and wish you could have a better relationship with your daughter than you did last year? Do you look back on the past year …
By the time you get around to reading this friend, Christmas may have come and gone, and you are caught between the sacred hush of the last week of the old year and the wild expectation of the new. A similar situation our dear Anna found herself…in between the old and the new. Join me as we linger over three …
I hope you’re feeling hungry! One of my biggest desires is to get you, my reader, into the Word for yourself. Seriously, I am not an expert but want to lay my words out in such a way as to lead you to experience for yourself the banquet table of Scripture! I believe to merely read my thoughts on this …
Yikes!! This week, as of today, we have a mere two weeks until Christmas! During this busy time, is it just me or is the last thing you want to occur is something unanticipated? For most of us, our over-scheduled December calendar just can’t handle one more thing! This is the first part of a two-part series where we will …
The month of December is certainly the time of year to have an open-door policy for unexpected guests. At my home, family and friends make the annual trek back to their hometown and often drop in unexpectedly for some coffee, a meal or even a place to sleep. I love it when this happens, but I have to admit, I …
