El Shaddai
This is starting to be uncanny. In studying the Names of God, we saw that a woman first calls God El Roi, the God Who Sees (Hagar) and...
Dr. Stephanie Wilsey
This is starting to be uncanny. In studying the Names of God, we saw that a woman first calls God El Roi, the God Who Sees (Hagar) and...
I continue to mull over Adonai Tzv'ot or Jehovah Sabaoth (see https://www.christianmusingsfortoday.com/post/god-of-angel-armies) ....
I am so grateful that my husband encouraged me to study the Names of God and write them here. I keep discovering new things that are so...
I've been mulling over the story of Hagar in Genesis for a long time now. I'm just fascinated and amazed at the care that God shows her...
It's during times of difficulty that you quickly learn what's truly in your heart and mind. What are the things you've been feeding on...
It's been nearly three years since my dear friend Bill, in response to my request for advice about a job transition, shared with me this...
I was so tired last night...it was a long week, with multiple days at the hospital, including an overnight stay for my daughter's lung...
In the last blog entry (https://www.christianmusingsfortoday.com/post/nothing-matters-everything-matters), I reflected on Quaker Thomas...
I've lived in Pennsylvania my entire life--on the western side, with a history rich in Appalachian sensibilities and proud celebration of...
It's the Fourth of July as I'm writing today, and I'm inspired to take a pause on the theme of suffering to reflect on an interesting...
As I drifted off to sleep last night, I reflected on a good day, and a good week that brought some resolution and restoration to a number...
It was once called the Honey Capital of the World. Its honey festivals celebrate flowering shrubs and blooms that attract pollinators...
This week was a pretty good week--much to give thanks for! I celebrated my birthday, and it is a fairly innocuous number that can just be...
It's funny how fads can flip us to opposite extremes--to the point that the extreme we're in right now makes it hard to imagine that an...
Writing in Time magazine about COVID-19 early in the pandemic, Biblical scholar N.T. Wright said, It is no part of the Christian...
At the start of this year, I set forth to explore the Prosperity Gospel's "health and wealth" tendrils in my life and in the wider...
I've heard the phrase, "best life now," at least a few times this week, although I just now made the connection that this is the title of...
My writings on this blog have entered a patch of thought on self-denial. And yet, somewhat ironically, I find myself going down the...
Picking up where I left off on the topic of self-denial in the last post, I'll begin with a story. There once was a girl named Catherine....
This series began by referencing Piper's Six Keys to Detecting the Prosperity Gospel (https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/six-keys-to-...