Download the Study Notes Giving to Live Roy and I haven’t really given each other gifts during our thirty+ years of marriage. In the early years, we barely had enough money for groceries, so homemade birthday, anniversary, and Valentine’s cards were the best we could do. We’ve never exchanged Christmas or birthday gifts, but one summer I was …
Getting a Handle on Creation
Sometimes, when I struggle with a life decision or a concept in Scripture, I pray, “Lord, open the door you want me to walk through.” My daughter and son-in-love were praying this prayer with our grandson one night before bed, and this three-year-old pipes up, “And, Jesus, put a handle on the door!” From the mouths of babes drop the …
Faithful In Season
For many of y’all, spring has fully arrived, and you’re anxiously awaiting summer. Here in my neck-of-the-woods, we’re never sure what the day might bring. Sometimes rainy and 50’s. Other times sunny and 70’s or even 80’s. Believe me…I’m ANXIOUSLY awaiting the Pacific Northwest’s full-blown summer. Does anyone yearn for winter’s bone-chilling cold? Maybe not, but I know folks who …
Drowning all my Fears or Choosing to Trust By Nichole Ridner
The word TRUST came to me in early January. As soon as I heard it, I knew that was what I would need to do and the last few months have shown me why it is so important. Later that month our water heater died. The repairman said that he would send a bill. When it arrived, it was …
Real People, Real God – Adam and Eve
Download the Study Notes Through-the-Bible Character Series Thanks for joining our first study in the new podcast series. Lyndsey and I will systematically chat our way through Old Testament characters, telling the Bible’s single story of God’s desire to reveal Himself and relate to humankind. Today, we’ll start in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve, and we’ll end …
“Through-the-Bible” Character Contest
This Friday–April 29th–my co-host, Lyndsey Kirk, and I will begin our “Through-the-Bible” Character Series on our podcast, REAL PEOPLE, REAL GOD. Lyndsey and I will systematically chat our way through Old Testament characters, telling the Bible’s single story of God’s desire to reveal Himself and relate to humankind. We’ll start in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve and …





