This afternoon I wrote the previous post about weariness. I don’t normally write about my walks at that time of day. Normally I do as I am doing now which is writing immediately after my walk. At the time I wrote I was very weary, from physical exertion and from some issues which are simply… Continue reading Strength through Weakness
Category: Truth
Avoid the Roadblocks
God has been so real but the attack seems so consistent and persistent. I know God has a wonderful plan but at times I get weary. I know I am not to be weary in well doing as it says in Ga 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due… Continue reading Avoid the Roadblocks
FAITH & FAMILY SEMINARS
My wife and I are embarking on a new journey, one that we feel compelled by God to undertake, and would like to know if you and your church family might be interested in what we are proposing to do. We are offering all of the wisdom and years of experience that we have in… Continue reading FAITH & FAMILY SEMINARS
Taking It to the Next Level
There is a story in Mark 2 about four people who labored in love to get a friend sick of the palsy up on a rooftop and down to Jesus. Their labor of love was rewarded with the miraculous healing of their friend. But the thing that struck me most while I was reading that… Continue reading Taking It to the Next Level
Why Attend a Ladies’ Bible Study – especially One Hosted By Me?
Why should a lady attend the Faith and Family Ladies’ Bible Study hosted by yours truly that meets on Thursday mornings at 8:15 am at our HB Junior High chapel, especially when our lives are sooo busy already? For several very good reasons:
How to Have Successful Parent/Child – Leader/Follower Relationships
Years ago I was running a sports league and ministry for sailors from Great Lakes Naval base when one weekend a boy came down to play who had a really bad attitude and simply would not cooperate with anything that we were trying to do. Because of the type of program we ran, we kept… Continue reading How to Have Successful Parent/Child – Leader/Follower Relationships
Strange Bible Instructions
There is a very familiar story in the Book of Luke of how four men helped an invalid man to Jesus. They went to great measures to lower him through a roof-top down to where Jesus was. In this story Jesus heals the man and at the conclusion of the narrative this verse appears, Luke 5:26… Continue reading Strange Bible Instructions
10 Tips for Parents with Teens
"Ashley, do you realize that in just a few short months you will no longer be a child?" "Mom, what are you talking about?" "You’re turning thirteen. Just think! You’re leaving your childhood behind. Ashley, you will never pass this way again." "Mom, please." "This is such a heartbreak! Oh, grief, sadness! I’m too young… Continue reading 10 Tips for Parents with Teens
Preparation for Life
I was reading my Bible one morning when I noticed a passage from Ezekiel 13:10-15 in which the prophet spoke of “untempered morter.” “Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: Say unto… Continue reading Preparation for Life
Stuck
I was in my house tending to my four month old daughter when the terrified screaming began. Neighborhood children burst through my back door crying, "Mrs. Hooker, come quick! Candy’s head is stuck in the porch railing!" Had it not been so pitiful, it could have been quite comical as I watched panic stricken grade… Continue reading Stuck