(SSS* – Week 1) It was a Friday evening. I was going to have the house all to myself. On several random occasions that day, I shared with my co-workers that while relaxing was golden in and of itself, what I was most looking forward to was finishing off a shrimp dish I had brought home…
Here are some helpful handouts to guide us through our study of 1st and 2nd Samuel. Each week the outline will be made available along with a few journal questions specific for that week’s reading. Feel free to print these pages and create a binder. I would also LOVE it if you’d share some of…
One day I received a call at the pharmacy from a customer asking me to fill her “liver medicine.” “Liver medicine?” I asked. “Yes, those pills I take for my liver,” she explained. Given that I knew she was not taking any “liver pills,” I decided to look through her profile, recite the names of…
Did last week’s discussion on the value of pausing to ponder, process, and pray before moving forward come one week too late? Had you already stepped out there with a hasty response and spent money you now realize you should not have spent, committed to an engagement you’d rather not attend, or said something…
From the soft water systems that save pipes, to the home security equipment packages that save lives, to move-in specials from the local digital cable company that save money, my husband and I have heard it all. The sales presentation that took the cake, however, was this guy offering a pest control service that, according…
One day my oldest daughter randomly decided to recite a list of relatives she’d met. It went something like this: “Gramma Joyce”: that’s daddy’s mommy “Granny”: that’s mommy’s mommy “Papa”: that’s daddy’s daddy “Ummm . . . wait, ” “mommy, where is your daddy?” My husband and I laughed. The reality is, I was raised…