women

  • Martha Song

    Every woman I have ever knownhas been a Mary and a Martha,though every preacher I ever heardmight make you thinkshe could only ever be one.That Christ only saw one,when He told me how He loves— read also, is Himself honored… Continue reading

  • Our Body Is a Temple

    “You are not your own, for you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.” 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 When the world looks at Christians, they should see a people who are so devoted to their King that… Continue reading

  • Pared to Bear Fruit

    “…and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit… My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be my disciples.” John 15:2b, 8 We gather from far-off places… Continue reading

  • Bear Baiting

    An enigmatic compliment for an imaginative child:She’ll be beating the boys away with a stickand visions of bear-baiting dance in her headbecause the words feel more like the pointed jabsthan does she feel on the offensive,like the bear asked to… Continue reading

  • Book Review: Introverted Mom

    Author: Jamie C. Martin My rating: 5 stars By the end of the first chapter, I was in tears. While I have been aware of my introversion for my entire adult life, never before have I had it so well… Continue reading

  • The Poor in Spirit Are Blessed

    The poor in spirit are blessed, For the kingdom of heaven is theirs. Matthew 5:3 I hope this post finds the ones who need it.  I have found it difficult lately to put words to how I am feeling. My… Continue reading

  • Her-Frame

    I saw the Spirit walking in her framewhen I was but a “skin-flask in smoke.”The walls yet boards and cut-outsof the still-frame life still “yet-to-be.”She, actively, balancing on scaffolding,the vision of my “future-self,”beautiful on-high. And I, sad,a draft-on-paper-bones looking longinglyto… Continue reading

  • Prayer no. 1

    How joyful is the one Whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! How joyful is the man The LORD does not charge with sin And in whose spirit is no deceit! … For day and night Your hand was… Continue reading

  • Little Cracks

    If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it. Gen. 4:7 I have… Continue reading

  • The Paradox of Choice

    My daughter, Rory, is what I like to call a “Both/And” kind of girl. When given the option between two good things, her answer is always both. The kind of girl who wears an Elsa dress under a kitty cat… Continue reading