The Music of Spring: “Where’s that Girl?” The pitch was good, and I poured glasses for all the major pitches of the scale. By then, the amazing bottle was nearly empty. Humming under my breath, I poured a glass for B flat. My hand was steady as I raised the silver serving spoon and tapped
Thankful people value the knowledge God gives. By his grace, we hear the words of Wisdom. “Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right. My mouth speaks what is true for my lips detest wickedness. All the words of my mouth are just; none of them
God gives us knowledge for three reasons. First, to become familiar with him. Second, to insure we know Truth. Third, to equip us to support ourselves, our families, and our society, by work which honors His name. These reasons can be discerned while reading through the verses referenced under Knowledge in any concordance. Interestingly, the
The Music of Spring: Amazing Bottle I haven’t been this nervous since High School Talent Night. I’m Aoede, lead singer and marimba soloist of the band Spring. I still have no clue why my parents named me after the Muse of Song, but from the first day I picked up a wooden spoon and a
Living Thankfully Because of Grace Are you living thankfully because of Grace? Personally, I need to admit I haven’t thought of that decision so specifically, until now. My almost instant discovery is, that instead of reacting “Wow! I’ve been handed the biggest, best, prize in God’s gift game,” I don’t go on my way bubbling
Grace is a gift given for our sanctification. Surprisingly, in this increasingly anti-Christian society, the dictionary still lists its religious definition first. Now that I’ve mentioned that, will word get out? Like so many English words, its roots have their base in Latin, and further back than that, Sanskrit. The Latin gratia meant favor, charm,
Purest Fiction: A Parade and a Hero
As the author staggered downhill under her load, a turquoise convertible rolled by. She grinned, having taken childhood trips in an identical car.
One block from her apartment, a city worker placed sawhorse barricades across the street. The turquoise convertible idled behind them, and the dark-haired driver leaned out and spoke to the city employee. Then he shrugged, and turned toward his passenger. The redheaded woman braided her long hair.
She wasn’t near enough to make out their conversation, but the mystery partially resolved itself when the author heard a marching band. After a deep breath, she stepped forward. A parade was nothing to cause worry. It’d hold the attention of everyone on the street. As she approached the corner, the author paused for a few moments.
How does living thankfully for faith look? Let’s go back to the roots of the word faith and see if a description emerges. In the previous blog post, I stated that the root words from which the English word faith springs, mean trust, and wait. Therefore, trustful waiting. It’s obvious enough from those two words
I’m Guest Blogging this Morning on JourneystoJoy Guest Blog Post My friend Joy Avery Melville asked me to take a guest blog spot on her unusual blog. There, I tell the story of a couple of my characters before the story you’ll find in the anthology Heartland Treasures, which is available in Kindle and Paperback
Faith is God’s multi-purpose gift to those he calls. I could logically have begun this sequence of blog posts with faith, but I decided at the time to go through the gifts with complicated-sounding names like Sanctification first. The entire Trinity is involved. Faith is God’s multi-purpose gift, and it comes from the Father, by