Genesis 6:5-8 When the LORD saw how wicked everyone on earth was and how evil their thoughts were all the time, he was sorry that he had ever made them and put them on the earth. He was so filled with regret that he said, "I will wipe out these people I have created, and … Continue reading The Earth was Filled with Violence
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Lenten Photo-a-day Challenge Week 7: April 12-17, 2022
I’m sharing only scriptures to ponder with the photos this week. TUESDAY, APRIL 12: FOUND Isaiah 55:6 "Seek the LORD while he may be FOUND; call upon him while he is near; Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him: "We FOUND this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the … Continue reading Lenten Photo-a-day Challenge Week 7: April 12-17, 2022
2022 Lenten Photo-a-day Challenge Week 5: March 29- April 4
I'm giving only scripture prompts with the photos this week. Use them as you meditate on the daily themes. Do my pictures speak to them, or are they a stretch? TUESDAY, MARCH 29: SERVED Mark 10:45 For even the Son of Man did not come to BE SERVED, but TO SERVE, and to give His … Continue reading 2022 Lenten Photo-a-day Challenge Week 5: March 29- April 4
Lenten Photo-a-Day Challenge Week 4
Enjoy some brief daily thought-stimulators for each picture. TUESDAY, MARCH 22: SHARE Do you consider yourself a generous person? Is it easy for you to share your blessings with others in need? Does it matter to you whether you get the tax deduction or not? Are you quick to offer hospitality? Some seem to possess … Continue reading Lenten Photo-a-Day Challenge Week 4
Photo-a-Day Challenge Week 1
The graduate school I attended in Nashville, Tennessee, had a highly creative curriculum in the late 1970s. Scarritt focused on preparing people for different lay ministries like Christian education for all ages, missions, music, and social work. It was related to the United Methodist Church, which was being very experimental in those days with approaches … Continue reading Photo-a-Day Challenge Week 1
Holiness, Part Two
Holiness is an old-fashioned word not well-received in our 21st-century culture. The image that comes to mind is of a couple of women out shopping. The older one has long hair, braided and piled on top of her head, and the younger has locks down to her waist. Both are without makeup in long denim … Continue reading Holiness, Part Two
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Warm coastal areas are a perfect environment for mold and mildew. Even the best-built buildings can have spaces where these little fungi can get a foothold and grow, despite efforts to keep them clean. But other buildings with leaky window frames, poorly sealed concrete walls, inadequate insulation, or site flooding can be eaten up with … Continue reading Holiness