All commands given by God have this in common: they are easy to say, but hard to live. In this post, I want to focus on one of these commands: to care for orphans in their distress (James 1:27). The cause of the orphan is of late getting the attention that it deserves within the…
The French see the question of legalizing gay marriage for what it really is- the endorsement of same-sex parenting. This secular nation held one of their largest demonstrations since 1984 today- in opposition to gay marriage. About 340,000 protesters marched at the Eiffel Tower to voice opposition to their president’s proposal to legalize gay marriage and…
For the past week I have been following a new blogger named Alex. She is an agnostic who is blogging about reading through the Bible in a year. I especially look forward to reading her posts. Here’s an excerpt from her post Church Marquees, Faith, and Fear, and our discussion that followed. Alex: Last week, a…
My nine-year-old and I have been spending some quality time together… in the middle of the night. She is the last of my four kids to come down with the Chicken Pox and thankfully she is almost over it. But for a couple nights, she simply couldn’t rest. So we made a bed for her…
Over Christmas break, my dad and I were talking about gun control (but we could have been talking about any hot-button issue). Though we come from opposing positions, we agreed that the media and special interest groups skew much of the discussion on the subject. It crystalized some thoughts I’ve had on blogging. Social media…
Keith, to whom I must grant the “Best Follow-Up Questions Award,” made these comments after reading “Aren’t People Born Gay?” You say you have come to the conclusion that people are not “born gay”, but do you even have the option of coming to the conclusion that they are? I think not. To do so would…
As I scroll through the blogs tagged “Christianity” tonight, many of them are promoting more scripture reading in 2013. Of course, being the sweet and mild pastor’s wife that I am, I clearly favor copious amounts of Bible reading. However, as I look around my immediate Christian world, I see very few of us who…
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A Facebook friend of mine posted a link on my page called “An Open Letter from Christians to Gay People.” I wrote “A Biblical Letter from Christians to Gay People” in response. To all gay persons, For the times when those who call themselves Christians have bullied, condemned,…
In response to my post “Be the Church” Keith writes: It seems as if Adam Lanza was a church attendee. So, The Church, “God’s prescriptions for mental health”, was in this case, unable to overcome the effect of Adam’s broken home. I love the adage “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more…
Like the rest of the nation, my husband and I have been pondering what could have been done to prevent a tragedy like the one in Sandy Hook, or the theater in Aurora, or Columbine, or, or, or… In ministry we get to see God’s hand at work in even the most difficult situations. But we have…
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