Lizzie Griffiths is 25, a teacher, and lives in England. She has a pet—it’s a bearded lizard. Not long after she got “George,” he developed a bump on his face. She took him to the vet and had it removed. It returned and she repeated the process. It came back a third time and she learned it was cancer andContinue reading “A Devotion Worth Imitating”
Category Archives: Ezra
What It Means To Be Alive
The writer of Ezra doesn’t furnish us with any details about the returnees settling into their communities because it’s not relevant to his purposes. We know from 2:64-69 they were prosperous. Haggai 1:3 tells us that they built nice houses for themselves. But we also know that what you have to live with pales inContinue reading “What It Means To Be Alive”
God At The Center
Lena Paahlsson was doing some Christmas baking with her daughters at the family’s farmhouse in central Sweden. After they finished and were cleaning up, she went to the place where she had laid her wedding ring—but it wasn’t there. They couldn’t find it anywhere although they looked everywhere. Feelings of despair and frustration set in.Continue reading “God At The Center”
Building Your Hope
Searching for things online for me is like browsing in a library or bookstore. While I usually get started with a clear, precise idea of what I want, more times than not I end up getting sidetracked by things I find along the way that spark my curiosity. If I don’t work hard to maintainContinue reading “Building Your Hope”
A Taste of Grace with Bruce Green 