…and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped Him in strips of cloth and placed Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 A few days before Thanksgiving, I lay snuggled up in a warm quilt and wool blanket, waiting for sleep to come. Work had been pressing in …
Would you consider yourself an observant person? I used to be—especially when it came to actors in different roles. I could spot the same actor in a different movie or TV role no matter how their hair, makeup, or even age had changed them. I told my husband for years that “Goose” in the movie Top Gun (Anthony Edwards) was …
Our job as parents is to train our children’s conscience when they’re young. As Christian parents, we’re sort of the “microphone of the Holy Spirit” during their formative years. When our two girls were little, Roy and I never watched R-rated movies, never listened to anything but Christian music, and seldom watched TV. When they grew into middle school, we …
“This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.” Psalm 119:50 ESV I was raised in a “no excuses childhood.” If you promised to do something, you did it. Period. Promises were kept. Chores were completed. If you stayed home from school or church or anywhere else you’d promised to go, then you stayed in bed and you’d …
View image | gettyimages.com Here we are on “Black Friday”—a terrible name for the day after we pause to give thanks—and I want to linger a little longer in an attitude of gratitude. If you went shopping today (or plan to go), let’s rejoice over the great deals instead of grousing about the commercialization of Thanksgiving and Christmas. If …
Faith. Trust. Believing. These are important elements of any relationship but especially important in our relationship with God. Hebrews 11:6 tells us, “Without faith, it is impossible to please God,” so it makes sense to figure out how to strengthen it, right? Romans 12:3 tells us we’ve each been given “a measure of faith” that helps us assess ourselves with …
Egypt lauded Ra’s lovely chantress, whose heart was stolen by an ambitious priest named Potiphera.
In the powerful prequel to In Feast or Famine, Katesch was taken from her beloved son to become Pharaoh’s Songbird of Memphis. Her influence gains favor for an ambitious young priest named Potiphera. Drought scorches the land. Conspiracies thrive. Loyalties shift. Lives are lost. Can sacrifice free the Songbird from her gilded cage?
