BethsMomToo

In poetry there is a particular style which intimately itemizes a lover's beauty by using hyperbole and simile. It's called "...

We often have the mistaken notion that the man of God never despairs, never experiences deep pain or anguish, never suffers. So when it ine...

As Christian mothers, we've all heard Prov.19:18 taught, but usually it has been completely excised from it's greater context, and...

Today we had the 1st & 2nd graders at our VBS site. I have to share with you one young boy's outlook on the lesson. It helps if you...

You may have noticed I've been rather "blog-lax" lately. I've been busy developing two FUN classes - both rather labor in...

When we consider modern English language, many idioms and proverbial sayings come to mind. For a person raised in THIS culture and time per...

Beth, Nehemiah and I are about to take a little "literary vacation" to the Berkshires this weekend. This kind of trip has become a...

I'm not sure where the saying originated, but I hear it quoted from time to time. It's a warning that we should be "worshiping...

We can learn a lot from Psalm 3. David wrote it during the time he was trying to escape from his son Absalom, a tragic situation both as a ...

I've been reading C.S. Lewis' "The Discarded Image", an introduction to Medieval and Renaissance literature. Now don...

By now you've likely heard about the recent discovery in Herodium of what is thought to be the tomb of Herod the Great. The archaeologic...

In the current edition of Mission to the Military's "Messenger", there's an article by my good friends, the Hammons, miss...

2Peter 1:3-7 gives us another Biblical example of the partnership involved in the Christian walk. [Also see Phil.2:12-13] After being inform...

I know I haven't been posting much lately. It's not that I'm not thinking. It's not that I'm not reading. I...

There are a few special places in the world where I love to be. Places that draw me back again and again. Places that welcome me and and mak...

I've been reading "Associations, Synagogues and Congregations" by Philip Harland, Asst. Prof. of Christian Origins at Concord...

Language evolves. That's true of any language - modern or ancient. But I've noticed there's been an acceleration of the process...

I just received my quarterly issue of " Artifax ", which gives an interesting overview of current archaeological stories in the n...

Richard Baxter [1615-1691] was a Puritan pastor known for his shepherd's heart. His best known work is The Reformed Pastor , which I ha...

Just before waking this AM I had a dream in which I was supposed to write an essay about peanut butter. In the dream my main problems were ...