I know a man who works just outside the center of Philadelphia. He was telling us about the many homeless and other derelict people who inhabit the streets near where he works. He is often pan-handled as he makes his…
The Good Shepherd
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.
Going Deeper
A short time after I became a believer a friend gave me a little booklet by Amy Carmichael, called “If”. It was a tough book for a new Christian to read because it is primarily a series of challenges to…
The Final Transition
Last night the news came through our e-mail prayer chain that a dear friend had died. She had been hit by a car two days ago and had several fractures of her legs, some head trauma and bruising. She also…
Musings on the Cross
Sometimes I receive devotional e-mail from my Christian friends. There are different kinds, from sentimental poems to quotes from various theologians. Especially around Easter, these are often vivid and devastating descriptions of the physical suffering which the Lord endured at…
Walking With God: Sharing Our Faith
Several years ago I began to explore, through writing, various questions about the life in Christ. There were issues I needed to work out for myself, and writing seemed the best way to do that. Friends suggested that I could…