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Does God Still Speak? And if so, how?
John Piper has written an excellent article on hearing the voice of God. Please, please, please read it if you haven’t already. Ok. Are y’all ready for some honesty? It’s confession time. Deep breath! Many years ago, for a brief four or five months of my life (maybe more), I totally bought into the whole…
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From Elizabeth Elliot
Realities“Faith…makes us certain of realities we do notsee (Heb 11:1 NEB).What realities can we be sure of? There is a popular notion about prayer which assumes that the thing asked for ought to be the object of faith–“Lord, give me this or that,” wherefore “this” and “that” become the realities. No. The Bible states the…
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Introduction to another book
I purchased Heaven at Home: Establishing and Enjoying a Peaceful Home by Ginger Plowman the same time I purchased Elizabeth Prentiss ‘More Love to Thee’ by Sharon James. Yes, I almost always buy the companion book recommended by Amazon. The title alone sounds really interesting. Who doesn’t want their home to be a little piece…
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Discipline of Giving, Part 2
Read part 1 here. (Subtitled: What we did Tuesday) I think that from now on we won’t be doing school on Tuesdays. I think I am going to make Tuesday my official errand day. Hannah and Benjamin have piano lessons on Tuesday mornings. By the time we are home and have eaten lunch, no one…
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HELP!!
Ok, it’s not a major prayer request, not a drop-down-on-your-knees-right-now-and-pray-for-me kind of request. But I can’t find something that I need. Over the holidays, instead of reading our regular devotional, Leading Little Ones to God, we read our advent calendar stuff. Well, now I can’t find LLOtG! Anywhere!! I have looked in all of the…
