Several years ago I tried to write a kind of memoir of my life for my children. I have lived through a lot of history in my life, and I wanted them to see these events through my eyes. When…
A Faithful God
Author: Barbara Greenhow
I am a woman in my nineties who has been a believer for almost seventy-five years. My purpose in writing is twofold. I am still working out many issues about what it means to be “in Christ’, and I find that writing things down somehow helps me clarify my thoughts. The other reason I write is to share some of my insights with others who may have the same questions. In sharing ideas and experiences, I think we help each other grow. I am definitely still learning. I am a conservative Christian, but I try to live under Grace rather than Law. I believe that we need to study Scripture vigilantly, because it is one of the two guides we have to the will of God for us. The other is the Person of Jesus Christ, and He is to be our example and mentor as we sojourn here on Earth. With these as our teachers, I believe we can come to live lives which glorify God and effectively share His Good News of redemption and forgiveness.
Holding On
Last winter was brutal in this part of the country (as in most). Each morning for weeks after spring arrived I still half expected to see traces of an overnight surprise snowfall, even though the trees had leafed and there…
Faith For Our Times
I must admit that what I have read and seen about the brutality and barbarism of ISIS repulses and shocks me. They have lost any claim of humanity; they are brutish animals without conscience and without any hope of being…
Walking With God: Being Authentic in Prayer
I am very grateful to realize that even the disciples felt they needed to ask the Lord to teach them to pray, because it is an area of my spiritual life where I am not completely comfortable. Prayer can mean…
Memories of Mothers and Families
My maternal grandmother Addie was not an educated woman, but she was intelligent and sensitive. By nature she was a poet. She often wrote poems which were, as literary pieces, very naive and simple ~ but they expressed deep feelings…