Hannah (1 Samuel chapters 1 and 2) What bound Elkanah’s heart to Hannah instead of to the wife who bore him many sons? The Bible doesn’t tell us about Hannah’s looks, only that she had no children and her husband loved her. In those days, a woman was seen as cursed by God if she…
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 I sit at the table in a little ski cabin in North Carolina we rented for some much-needed R&R. As I gaze out the picture windows, the mountains and forest beyond smile back at me. The weather is perfect. Not hot. Not really cold, although it was chilly this morning…for the…
The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day In the wee hours of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918, a group of powerful men convened in a railcar in France to sign an agreement to cease hostilities. Then the sun rose. For the men in the trenches and fields, the morning carried on as…
Society and the media tell us October should be about scares and screams. But I am SO not a fan. Instead of howlings and haunted houses, I’d like to share some heartwarming highlights of the beauty and blessings I experienced over the past couple of weeks. (And now I’ll stop with the alliteration. You’re welcome.)…
Thirty years ago today, with belly bulging, a twenty…something…year-old me loaded her toddler daughter into a champagne-colored van to go have dinner with Dad. He worked evenings at the Plano Star Courier, putting together the newspapers that would go out the following day. After a lovely time with Dad, as I drove back home, I…
I woke up this morning to 58 degrees. That’s a big deal in south Florida. It actually feels like autumn even if the only fall color is the fake garland I’ve used to decorate my house. Cooler weather energizes me. I’m not naïve. It won’t last, so I take advantage while I can. As soon…
This post should have gone up in May, but hey, read my last post to find out why it didn’t. We put a lot of effort into making this baby shower special for Meagan and those who attended, and honestly, for us as well. Was it stressful? Yeah, of course. Events are always stressful for…
I was excited when the new year started, began strong with my February series. Then life outside my writing stepped in. Last Christmas, my daughter and her hubby announced they were pregnant. Two weeks later they informed us he had gotten a job in central Florida, four to five hours north of us. Really? You…
Priscilla I’m weeks late in posting this article. It was supposed to go up on February 27, but Priscilla and her husband Aquila are too special to leave behind just because I’m a few weeks late. It’s impossible to talk about Priscilla without her husband. Every mention of her in the Bible includes her name…
Mary Mary the mother of Jesus is probably the most famous woman in the Bible. We know she was special simply for the fact that God chose her out of all the women in Judah at that time to be the mother of His Son. I could end this post right there, but that wouldn’t…
Welcome back to my third post on the romantic heroines of the Bible. Today I want us to study a literal beauty queen. Esther’s outward beauty cannot be contested. The biblical narrative tells us “The young woman was lovely and beautiful.” (Esther 2:7) So beautiful, she was chosen to go into the king’s harem. But…
