Gratitude Attitude in a Confusing Scary World

   William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) left us many beautiful, sadly nearly forgotten hymns in his troubled life.

  My favorite Bible study teacher, Dee Brestin, shared in her email list a link to a beautiful video of a song of his i'd never heard of. 

  May you find your celebration of Thanksgiving enhanced by the words and music.

  Links disappeared in the text?  Here they are separately:

New Post on my other blog

i don't use my other blog very much, but i did just make a post.
It's more of a Christian and Bible emphasis blog.  You might want to check it out.
https://judges2.blogspot.com/2020/07/waiting.html

Recent Reading, AKA Words on "Wednesday," a day late

Some of my Recent Reading

In the photo, but no particular order:

     

This post is a collection of my Christmas Poem Series from the Christmas season of 2013-2014, with links to each poem in the series.  Some individual posts

The New Testament "Picture Book"

Lyrics from ApolegetiX, Keep Your Arms Steady
Parody of "Detroit Rock City" by Kiss

  What is going on here? 

Wordless Wednesday: Sticker Art Christmas

" '...you will name Him Jesus, which means “the Lord saves,” because this Jesus is the person who will save all of His people from sin.' "

Saturday Sisters: Ichabod's Mother

  She is known only through her relatives.

Saturday Sisters: Huldah

  The big question about Huldah is why we know about her at all.

Saturday Sisters: An Interview with Author Diana Wallis Taylor

As part of my Ruth Project, i asked the author of one of the books for a brief interview.  Diana Wallis Taylor, author of Ruth: Mother of Kings, graciously consented.

Saturday Sisters: Hannah, God-Focused

   Things were not right in Hannah's home, or in her larger world.

Saturday Sisters: Phoebe

Faithful

Who was Phoebe anyway? This is the only place we hear of her in Scripture:

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church, which is at Cenchrea; Romans 16:1

Stories: Real-Life and Allegorical

A stirring rescue account and a facebook giveaway. . . .

Words on Wednesday: Reading about Joseph

  One of the things i loved about Angela Elwell Hunt's Legacies of the Ancient River series is how not only don't we lose track of book one's main character throughout, but he's actually a key figure in them all, sometimes primary, sometimes secondary, but always in the forefront.

Words on Wednesday: Recent Reading (Obsessions?)

One thing leads to another. . .

Saturday Sisters: Sarah, A Time of Laughter

  Some things are too impossible to consider.
  When Abram and Sarai were 99 & 89 years old, God spoke to Abram again.

Mishearing the Messaage: A Fine Robe or a Fine Rope?

The message was Luke 15:11-24, the prodigal son leaves & returns to a warm welcome.
We need to know our Father God.  He's not waiting to punish our wayward ways.

Sarah: Part 3: A strong Woman, Beloved

 

  She wasn't included.

  There was no way around the crushing news.  Her husband's promise did not include her.

Sarah: Part 2: Love in the Time of Famine

  A horror that would be casually regarded in his own time is the sacrifice Abram asked of  his wife.

Wordless Wednesday: a trip

This could be anywhere around here.  i love the vivid way the frozen ice meets the liquid water.  Actually this is the little lake behind

Sarah: Part 1

 A woman's life may not be over at age sixty-five, but we today know she is old.
  Or at least in her "sunset years."  And almost certainly she's already had any children she's going to have.*
  If her husband says, "Let's sell everything & be nomads in the desert," she'd have good reason to wonder if he had a screw loose.

  If she's childless and her husband says, "God told me to sell everything and go to the desert to live.  Honey, we're going to be ancestors of mighty nation!" maybe she should gently urge him to see his doctor.
  A strong woman would know that doesn't add up. . . .