the churchyard gate
This is a topic where I catch myself arguing both sides. The idea of creating a safe environment for your children is both beautiful and Biblical. Song of Solomon 2:14-15 Talks about the little foxes...
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Sin
Yesterday’s post, God Hates, and Unsaveable were prompted by a book I recently read about homosexuality and Christianity. The Edge of Grace, by Christa Allan is a story of a recently widowed, young...
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Can brain candy change your worldview
I’ve probably mentioned a before, but I have a friend who calls fiction “brain candy.” There are many different reasons to read, personally, I think a little candy is fine once in awhile — and not just...
View ArticleWhy you should annoy people with your politics
I’ve noticed a few slightly derisive comments on social media about people turning of friends’ feed until after elections, or requests for people to abstain from politics in their networking. Politics...
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Priceless by Tom Davis
Click here to download a free sample chapter I am a (reforming) library user. For years it was part our homeschool routine to have a weekly trip to the library — and with a designated bag by the entry...
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A soft tongue will break a bone
The Niagara of the West: Shoshone Falls in the Snake River Canyon I’m not sure what Proverbs 25:15 means when it says this but I picture water eroding rock. I haven’t blogged much in awhile, each time...
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Heart of Petra Release Day
The second book in my Breaking Bonds Series releases today, October 28, 2014. Amazon.com | CreateSpace Store I’m not naturally prone to worship. Music itself has never been anything I’ve sought out....
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Las Vegas Atmosphere
A much more contented hubby when I am there. Las Vegas is my husband’s least favorite city to travel on business. Last week, I joined him for a couple nights to make it suck less. (His words.) You...
View Articlethe churchyard gate
This is a topic where I catch myself arguing both sides. The idea of creating a safe environment for your children is both beautiful and Biblical. Song of Solomon 2:14-15 Talks about the little foxes...
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Leaving Stuff Behind You
As I wake in a new house today, a mess filled with boxes, I’m reminded of a punishment I used when my kids were little and couldn’t keep their room clean. Once when the battle lines blurred with the...
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There’s a hole in my bucket list, dear Liza
I never made a bucket list. I don’t know if I ever will, but it isn’t because I don’t want to be prepared to die. Last year I celebrated American citizenship with a woman from Iraq by buying her lunch....
View ArticleI think I may be in a little more pain than most women
I’m trying to learn Spanish and so I added a parallel Spanish Bible to my Olive Tree app. My goal is to read through the New Testament in Spanish. Even though I don’t understand everything yet, it...
View ArticleHe’s on your side–he is not on your side
I recently told a younger friend (she’s not much younger than me but she likes to be called young) that I turned 46 two weeks before the last election. No content warning needed–this is not a political...
View ArticleGrace bombs for the long haul
I’ve heard the LGBTQ+ community showers people with love-bombs. But I don’t think they’re only group who accepts converts and postulants with rejoicing. The LDS church here in Boise sent a crew to help...
View ArticleThe rain falls on my enemies and neighbors
We’ve been getting lots of rain lately. I don’t read a weather almanac, or keep a journal to compare years, but it seems like I remember getting excessive rain most every April. Maybe it’s just late...
View ArticleWhere God guides
The first time I heard “Where God guides—He provides,” was during the time I desperately wanted to own a home, so we wouldn’t have to keep wondering where we’d live. I was standing on someone’s deck in...
View ArticleThe hevel that you know
Tomorrow is the second Tuesday in November. I find myself happy that 2023 is not a presidential year. We hopefully have 12 more months before another civil war reenactment, where brother rises against...
View ArticleOur individual God
Last year, I read through the New Testament in Spanish to help learn vocabulary. The Olive Tree App has a helpful feature where you can parallel two Bible versions at once. I could glance at the...
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