If it’s in my hand, it’s mine. If I can take it from you, it’s mine. If I saw it first, it’s mine. This greedy attitude is hard enough to…
Published November 7th, 2014 by Brenda Wood
Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time you have made a fool of me…
Published November 6th, 2014 by Brenda Wood
Fat season approaches. We’d do well to knock off a few pounds before it gets here. Let’s take what God offers and be grateful, unlike the Israelites who cried… “and…
Published November 5th, 2014 by Brenda Wood
Oh God… Be good to your servant, God; be as good as your Word. Train me in good common sense; I’m thoroughly committed to living your way. Before I learned…
Published November 4th, 2014 by Brenda Wood
We have expectations: they let us down. We react childishly: they get angry. The situation is tense. After a while everyone cools down. The story repeats itself again and again…
Published November 3rd, 2014 by Brenda Wood
I’m telling you ahead of time so you can get ready to participate in Tie One On Day, the Wednesday before the American Thanksgiving. EllenAnne Geisal invites us to tie…
Published November 2nd, 2014 by Brenda Wood
We might be Hungarian, Chinese, Icelandic or Italian: East Indian, African or Mexican. No matter. Today is Thanksgiving. We are as one. Do Christians have a common denominator? Of course…
Published November 2nd, 2014 by Brenda Wood
With only 26 letters in our alphabet, we somehow morph them into unspeakable shapes. Currently the longest word in the English language dictionary has 189,819 letters and takes three hours…
Published November 1st, 2014 by Brenda Wood
Wouldn’t you know it? This early in the season and I got a virus. I had to explain myself though when a friend brought me a big bowl of chicken…
Published October 31st, 2014 by Brenda Wood
Watchman Nee considered himself to be a watchman raised up to sound out a warning call in the dark night: most appropriate for the dark day of Halloween. It is…
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