Category: Godward Thoughts

  • What is the Gospel?, part 2

    Yesterday, I asked this question and tried to explain why I am not 100% on board using the tools/formulas (FAITH and ABC, the ones with which I am most familiar). I thought of a couple of more reasons these packaged presentations fall short, but I’ll spare you the details. Hubby and I spent a couple…

  • What is the Gospel?

    I’d like to continue working through Barbara Hughes’ book, Disciplines of a Godly Woman, and share a little of what is on my mind. Chapter 2 deals with the gospel. Hughes says that if a woman desires to be godly, then she must know the gospel, believe it, and make it the center of her…

  • Work off that Flab

    “Discipline is important for my spiritual life. In fact, it is the path by which the good news of Christ gives meaningful shape to all the days of my life.” –Barbara Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Woman That sentence must have been added since I first read Disciplines of a Godly Woman. I don’t recall…

  • Disciplines of a Godly Woman

    I read this book several months back for The Discerning Reader. I identified several areas in which I need to allow God to work in me, but I passed the book on to a friend who was interested in reading it, so I couldn’t reference the book or the suggested scriptures for my particular need.…

  • Sowing and Reaping

    Today is our first day to spend at home since last Thursday. For the last week, we have used our home as a place to sleep, dump our dirty clothes, and pick up some clean clothes. Needless to say, everything seems out of order and cluttered. I’ve been cleaning and de-cluttering this morning. I’ve also…