Love is the most excellent way

This is a neat time of year; winter is almost over and even if Spring hasn’t quite arrived by Easter, we know it will be here soon. Spring and Easter both remind us of new life; Spring brings new life all around us and at Easter Christians remember that Jesus was raised to life and [...]

In the Bible the same word is used to mean “temptation” and “testing”. It seems to me that I face tests or temptation all day long as a Mom. I’m tempted to eat food I don’t need, since I’m often around the kitchen. And sometimes being with my children all day and still smiling at [...]

This fall I’m enjoying studying Genesis in my Bible study group. Here is part of chapter 2 which tells us about God creating the first humans:
When the LORD God made the earth and the heavens…the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, [...]

Esther is one of only two books in the Bible named after a woman! It relates the exciting account of how Esther saved the Jews from destruction during their time under Persian rule. Jews remember this wonderful deliverance annually at their feast of Purim.

I wrote this for the May 1998 issue of our local Mother of Preschoolers Newsletter.
Well, are you ready for summer? My children are very excited that summer is coming. And I am too, although I know that summer brings the challenge of finding fun activities for my children when their scheduled ones are over and [...]

I wrote this for the February 1998 issue of our local Mother of Preschoolers Newsletter.

Jesus said some interesting things to his followers about worrying (this is from Matthew 6:25-34 of the New International Version of the Bible):
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about [...]