The Pharaoh’s Daughter – Bible Study—Week #4 Click on the following title to print today’s devotional: Look What I Found—Mehy’s Voices “Who is Mehy?” you ask. I believe Mehy may be the Egyptian name of our biblical Moses. Mehy was an historical military figure who is recorded with Pharaoh Sety on the northern exterior wall of Egypt’s Great Hypostyle Hall. In The Pharaoh’s …
LOOK WHAT I FOUND–ANKHE AND JOCHEBED
The Pharaoh’s Daughter –Bible Study—Week #3 Click on the following title to print today’s devotional: Look What I Found—Contrasting Jochebed and Ankhe After completing the last edit of The Pharaoh’s Daughter, I began formulating this 4-week Bible study. My assistant and I discussed the spiritual themes of the book and which character studies might illustrate them best. Three characters stood out immediately—Anippe, …
Look What I Found—Mered’s Steadfast Heart
The Pharaoh’s Daughter – Bible Study—Week #2 Click on the following title to print today’s devotional: Look What I Found—Mered’s Peace Biblical novels give us a chance to meet folks we might not otherwise notice if a deeper story hadn’t been researched and written. Mered is one of those biblical characters. Lost in a long genealogy of the Tribe of Judah, Mered’s name …
Look What I Found—Anippe’s Fear
The Pharaoh’s Daughter – Bible Study—Week #1 Click on the following title to print today’s devotional: LOOK WHAT I FOUND–ANIPPE’S FEAR That late, great philosopher of the 1960’s—the Beatles’ John Lennon (*grin*)—said there were two great motivators: fear and love. In The Pharaoh’s Daughter we meet a young girl, Anippe, whose life is full of one and devoid of the other. …
A Good Big Sister
Big sisters are a rare breed. I’m not one, but I have one. I birthed and raised one. I’m even grandparenting one. Big sisters are amazing. They protect. They love. They boss. They remember. Big sisters are God’s way of putting two moms in a single family. It’s a good thing Moses had a big sister…or he might have been …
Only Two Midwives in Egypt?
Have you ever lived in a small town? We raised our kids in Nappanee, IN—population 5,000. Completely surrounded by Amish farms, Nappanee is unlikely to grow larger, and I’m glad. It was the perfect place to raise a family. There were, however, a few drawbacks. One afternoon, only days after moving into our new home, we were cutting down a …
