Love: Gravity in Reverse
Can I tell you how cool God is? On Monday morning when I sat up in bed, groggy and bleary eyed from not enough sleep yet again, He was already playing and replaying a Bible verse in my mind. I wasn’t...
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Have you ever wondered why death has an element of surprise in it? We may even see death coming, for a long time, and then when it happens, there is still part of you that can’t believe it, that is...
View ArticleGod Breath
First college roommates. I have a feeling that those three words alone invoke all kinds of emotions. Perhaps the very thought of your first roommate, sends you to the phone with a smile on your face...
View ArticleBlack and White
Just tonight I heard a well known pastor say, “We all know what we want God to do FOR us, but what if God wants to SAY something TO you?” He, of course, was talking about reading the Bible. This pastor...
View Articlelight-bursting vision
Last night I received some bad news. Not the kind that’s tragic. Nobody died that I know of. Just the kind of news that turns something you’d been waiting and hoping for into the answer, “no, not now.”...
View ArticleGo Jonah Go
Have you ever been going about your way, content as a cucumber, when suddenly life (God) interrupted? I know I definitely have!! Life was normal one minute, and then the next, it wasn’t. And maybe, to...
View ArticleJonah and the Wind
As you all know, I am working on a “Jonah and the Whale” series for the next few weeks for the blog. Last week we left the story after Jonah 1:3 when Jonah boarded the ship to Tarshish, the farthest...
View ArticleJonah and the Sea
Last week we left off our series on Jonah and the Whale at Jonah 1:10 where the sailors find out that Jonah is running from God and ask, “What is this that you have done!” Today’s portion of text that...
View ArticleJonah and the Whale
Did you ever think we’d arrive at this title in the series?Today we pick up our story with Jonah 1:17: “And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish...
View ArticleJonah on Dry Land
Disclaimer: I’m trying something new today! If you want to interact AS you read today’s post, click here. You will be taken to another blog site with a lot more interaction possibilities! Still the...
View ArticleJonah and the Ninevites
Hi Oohmoonies!! Guess what!! Jonah is back for two more illustrations!!! All my homework is done, papers written, last class attended. So I can get back to studying and concentrating on oohmoon and...
View ArticleJonah and His Anger
I was just visiting with an old friend I’ve recently reconnected with over the past few months. Last time I saw her she expressed frustration at God for a car accident she had just been in. And one...
View ArticleA Fresh Kind of Freedom (A Novel Worth Reading)
(Today’s download is sized large: 16×20!) Have you ever thought about the fact that we all do things we don’t really want to do? I don’t mean this in such a way that I change my son’s diapers even...
View ArticleArt, Conviction, and a Little French Restaurant
Today was a lovely day. The loveliest kind of day. My favorite kind of day. We woke up in one city knowing we’d be going to bed tonight in another. As I write this, we are currently on the road toward...
View ArticleHis and Hers Sleepy Eyes
Guess what!! Today I’m giving away TWO pieces! And they’re both sized to 16×20!! (Rather than the normal 8×10). I’m SUPER excited about these two. What inspired them? Thanks for asking! We are almost...
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