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Ruth is our first spicy granny who didn't pretend to be, or was, a prostitute! But she did sleep with her husband before she was married, and proposed to him!! Her story is more sweet than savory and ...
Mary wasn't Jesus' grandmother, she was his mother. But her name is included in Matthew's list and it is so very significant.
These devotions accompany my podcast series: Jesus' Spicy Grannies.
We f...
As the 2nd woman mentioned in Matthews' genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1), we know that Rahab has something to tell us. Something God wants us to remember today.
While Tamar pretended to be a prostitut...
I was a history major in college, some eons ago. History was fascinating to me because it moved in circles rather than linear lines. Time moved linear, but what people did with it repeated itself over...
If I could have visited Joseph about 6 months into his prison sentence, I would have asked him if he still believed God's promises.
"Joseph, what do you make of all those dreams God gave you when yo...
This week we light our 3rd candle in the advent wreath. We've lit two purple candles, and this week we get to light the pink one representing joy. Here's a devotion to help guide your conversation cen...
I rarely ever, in fact, have never done this before but I'm doing it this week because this message is so important for us to embrace. In preparing for my podcast this week I came across a powerful me...
When I wrote Spiritual Warfare for Women, I said a lot of things I knew were true, but hadn't yet experienced the full weight of their truth. Like this, the first sentence in the Introduction:
"I a...
One of mine and Tom’s favorite lines in a movie is the one Roy Miller (played by Tom Cruise) relayed to June Havens (played by Cameron Diaz) in Knight and Day.
Many times Tom a...
The Psalmist wrote this,
You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
...
Here's a question for us!
Did God create the devil?
I mean, if God is good, and everything He does is good; and if God created everything, did He create the devil? And how could that be good?
Thes...
It's camp season as I write this blog. I'm headed to middle school camp with our church youth group this coming Friday as a cabin counselor! I've not served in this role in many many years. But grandd...
