I’ll never forget a sermon I once heard a young preacher deliver. He was speaking on the differing roles of men and women in worship. He very capably noted that men have a leadership role in the church, and touched on a variety of jobs they can do such as be elders, deacons, preachers, and… Read More What’s a Woman To Do?
Acts 17:6 tells us that there were Christians in the first century who were “turning the world upside down.” By standing for their faith and going against the culture of the day, they were making a stand for what was right. An article recently published in our community newspaper discussed whether or not to uphold… Read More Churches and Alcohol
According to the Associated Press, there are only two living members of the Shaker religious faith left in the United States. The Shakers were a division of the Quakers in the 1700’s. They were originally known as “Shaking Quakers” because of their ecstatic dancing and spontaneous speaking in tongues during worship services. Major tenants of… Read More Can It Happen to Us?
Do you love making lists? Confession time…I am a compulsive list maker! I keep a “Things-To-Do list”, a “Grocery list”, a “Future Projects List”, a “Christmas Shopping List”, a “Menu-for-Each-Holiday List”, and the list (get my pun), goes on! When I was a teenager in a girls’ Bible class, we were challenged to think about… Read More The List
For the past several years I have become an amateur sleuth, working to discover all that I can find in family genealogy. My maternal grandparents died when I was young and their children were scattered all over the country. I never had an opportunity to know any of them. After my mother’s death, I started… Read More She Being Dead, Still Speaks
