Happy Birthday to me…a vacation day, a day to be away from the office and to “ponder anew, what the Almighty can do, if with His love He befriend thee.” As a gift to myself every year, I take the time to do things good for my soul, some “Christian Disciplines” if you will, or [...]
I love a good tea party, and I thoroughly enjoy using the china that my husband picked out for us, or any of the other pieces we’ve collected through the years. The beauty of fine china, I believe, can be enjoyed to the glory of God. When paired with good conversation, this makes for quite [...]
Self-control is something most people lack, at least in some portion. Those who have tried to gain more and failed tend to be harsh towards those who believe it is possible. We have all heard the advice to read our Bibles and pray, sadly many of my post-modern compatriots who claim to love the LORD [...]
During my years as a student I took a class on the book of Acts. The image of Stephen gazing at Christ, and indeed the use of the word “gaze” through the rest of Acts, has stayed with me since. Real immanent physical danger surrounded Stephen, and he was given the grace to gaze upon [...]
For years I have chewed on a comment from one of my most brilliant professors: that there cannot be metaphysical dualism in Christianity. To look into this, let us first define our terms. Metaphysical–the nature of being, the essence of being, what it means to “be,” dealing with the ultimate state of reality. Dualism–the view [...]