Quotes: "When we think about Ruth and her mother-in-law, we immediately think about Naomi. But did you realize that Ruth actually had a second mother-in-law? When she married Boaz, she gained another mother-in-law: Rahab.""I imagine Rahab taking over where Naomi left off to help Ruth learn about VIEW MORE
When Others Struggle to Accept Our Care
One of the hardest things we might experience as caregivers and friends is wanting to come alongside someone we love who is hurting, but being declined in our offers to help. Instead, our friend resists any efforts we might make to talk about what is going on. Sometimes, they might stop being around VIEW MORE
Story: Gracefully Demonstrating Care and Patience
With our country on quarantine for the corona virus, I've seen a lot of people reaching out to connect and help others. But one person is standing out in my mind today, and that is my daughter's teacher. Not only has she called to check in on us and give a special message of encouragement to my VIEW MORE
How to Tailor Your Response to a Hurting Friend
Friends, it would be so nice to be able to offer you a simple checklist to follow when a friend is hurting. "Do this, this, and then this." But the truth is, every situation is different, and every person is different. What is comforting for one friend might be horrifying to another. "Your VIEW MORE
Story: Shuffling at the Y
Amidst our family's visits to the YMCA, we pass a variety of people there to improve or maintain their health: moms with little kids, people recovering from cancer, older individuals (some of whom pass me on the track!). And while they all help inspire me to persevere when I get tired, the man who VIEW MORE
Discerning the Level of Care You Can Provide to a Hurting Friend
"She has cancer." It's one of the last things we want to hear about someone we know. We want to be good friends. We want to love our friends. But how? The thing is, there is no one single answer. Everyone is different and in need of different help. I think it’s important to pray and take into VIEW MORE
A Letter from James: My Scripture Writing Adventure
For Christmas, my husband and kids got me a beautiful leather journal entirely handmade by a family in the United States. The stitching on the binding is stunning and the pages really look like pages from an old book. It wasn't hard to decide that this would be my new Scripture writing journal. VIEW MORE
Hand-Copying the Bible: Starting My Scripture Writing Adventure
Scripture writing, or hand-copying the Bible, is a discipline I was unknowingly introduced to in college when one of my professors handed us a sheet of paper with a bunch of nonsense words on it and asked us to copy it exactly. In essence, he was showing us what it was like to be a scribe, a person VIEW MORE
Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus: A Guided Scripture Reading
In guided Scripture readings, we go through a passage together and enter into the story through our imaginations, always relying on the Holy Spirit to lead us. These are audio recordings and are great for individual use, small groups, mentoring, or leadership groups. Facing a trial that seems VIEW MORE
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