Have you ever noticed how many names are recorded in the Bible? Some of the hardest parts to get through in this beautiful book will have chapter upon chapter of lists of names and numbers. Why is this all here? Now there are definite historical reasons for all of these lists. As an historical document […]
Book Review: Jesus Was An Airborne Ranger by John McDougall
The idea of the wimpy Sunday school Christ is one that has always irritated me to no end, and a complaint I often have is that this culture doesn’t seem to understand the strength of a Savior who chooses to lay down His life for us. Given these facts I found the book Jesus Was […]
Lean In to the Light
I love spring, I love the beauty of flowers peeking out, I love the smell of fresh earth in a garden, I love the sunshine. Spring has a kind of smell to it, a kind of freshness to the air. It speaks of earth and growth and life. Makes me want to plant something! Unfortunately, […]
Beauty For Ashes
As life defining moments go, it was one of those big ones. I was fifteen. I was sitting up on the roof of our house. I’d been told earlier that I was sick, some type of hepatitis. My world had shattered, even then I didn’t know how much. All I knew at that point was that […]
Mission of Life and Death
Here I am, again, in a lab waiting room, again, having just come from radiology, again, checking my liver, again. You never get used to chronic illness. But then you do. But then you see a friend in the waiting room at radiology, she found a lump, they are sure it’s nothing. You wonder, am […]
Do I Know God?
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:21 This verse. It’s hard. This verse. It lays out a truth that we’d rather skip over so very often. Because just because we think we know […]
Step out and Shine!
Did you know that one of the hardest things to learn to do in a voice class is to simply let your voice be heard? Some people don’t have a problem projecting, but others, even with beautiful voices, will constantly be pulling their voices back, as if they are afraid of the power of their own […]
To Live As Love: A Hearts Prayer
To Live As Love: A Hearts Prayer A Poem By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Open our ears, So that we might hear. Open our eyes, So that we might see. ~ Open our hearts, Lord, open our hearts! Pour in us Your life! God heal this strife! ~ Make us tender, Tender to Your Word. […]
Only My All
Only My All A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ This meager offering be A sacrifice, unto Thee. A heart of praise to You I bring. A song of praise to You I sing. ~ Only all I have is Yours, All my all, down to my core, All that I can do for Thee. […]
Who Am I?
Who Am I? A Poem, By Joy Aletheia Stevens ~ Who am I? Do you know? Can anyone see? I’m wife, I’m mother, but who is me? Do I know anymore? What’s inside of me? Where are the parts of me that used to be? ~ Where’s the poet and dreamer? Who found words in […]