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.
In the course of listening to people over many years I have heard a lot of questions, and the one that comes up over and over again is “why do so many bad things happen to such good people”. Unfortunately,…
As a child, Christmas was my favorite holiday. While there was certainly an element of innocent greed involved, there was also the magic of decorating real trees (right in the living room!), and special music, and annual visits to Santa…
My favorite book in the New Testament is the book of Philippians. The whole book is about love and relationships. From the first chapter, as Paul pours out his thankfulness and caring for the people of the assembly at Philippi,…
Christians know what to do when our hearts are breaking. We tell ourselves and our loved ones to have faith. Yet, in a practical sense, what does that mean? What is faith? What is it we think faith will do?…
I have just re-read an early piece I had written about loneliness. Through writing it all out, I had come to realize that loneliness and solitude are not the same. Solitude may be a blessing, while loneliness is almost always…