February 27, 2012 7 Comments
Or, why I spent twelve hours of the weekend traveling with these little sweethearts: 1. I have a van, and it was going to Omaha anyway. 2. Cousins – I take it as my grandmotherly responsibility to facilitate cousin time at every opportunity. The girl cousins live in three different states and are separated by [...]
Read more...February 20, 2012 3 Comments
I always think of the Book of Romans in the Bible as a great resource for sound doctrine. The apostle Paul outlines the doctrine of the Kingdom in such clear terms in this book. And I love so many of those passages. It is also a heavy book. Deep and many-layered. Several scholars have written [...]
Read more...February 16, 2012 2 Comments
Joseph of the Coat-of-Many-Colors is famous in the Bible for rescuing his family from famine by moving them from Canaan into Egypt. This was a good thing, which eventually went bad. Although they entered Egypt as guests, they eventually became slaves. Joseph saw that coming, but he knew it was all part of the mysterious [...]
Read more...February 13, 2012 3 Comments
I wanted to write a gushy post his week about the guy who has been my Valentine since 1973. I like the grandfather-version of him even better than I liked the handsome college student who smoked a pipe and wore platform shoes. But I’m feeling much more grateful than gushy. Gratitude, I think, is a [...]
Read more...... compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power. God's mercy toward me.
... an act of kindness, compassion, or favor. Our mercy toward one another.