Books that make a difference
In the past few weeks, I’ve read some books that I love … ones that I think are worth reading – worth keeping on your bookshelf to review again and again! Prayer in the Night Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over…
Have you ever read a book that changed your life? Or at least made a significant difference? I have. I remember the winter, the book, the revelation. Background It was the winter of 2009. As an administrator of a school, I was a successful professional. I was accomplished, serving students well as a teacher, a…
Do you have a favorite book you like to read in preparation for Christmas? There are so many possibilities, Christmas novels, Advent devotionals, and picture books abound! I have several to mention today … Revelation is a hard gift to receive. You must give up everything else to receive it — like finding a treasure…
The Battle for our Minds Last week in our Women’s Bible Study, we spent a few minutes talking about these verses in Romans 8:5-6, “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the…
Introduction I love to collect prayer books; I have several that I enjoy, ones that help put words to my deepest desires. Recently, the one that has captured my heart and attention is Prayer: Forty Days of Practice by Justin McRoberts & Scott Erickson. Their book is different, half visual art, half poetic prayer. Below…
Here it is: awe is a longing. The capacity for awe that God has given us fundamentally explains the endless variety of human dissatisfactions. Between the “already” of our conversion and the “not yet” of eternity, we are granted greater satisfaction, but our hearts are not at rest; the war still goes on, and we…