Book Review: The Centurion’s Wife

The Centurion’s Wife by Janette Oke and Davis Bunn is set in Israel immediately after the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. Leah is the niece of Pilate, but due to a financial disaster in her family, she becomes a servant to Pilate’s wife, Procula, until a marriage can be arranged for her. Leah does not [...]

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So what is this I’m eating?

I noticed this “ad” on my egg carton one day and was a little taken aback. The eggs I was scrambling certainly looked natural! It goes on to explain that the “natural” eggs came from hens fed a certain diet. Still, I am looking at these a little more suspectly…

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What’s On Your Nightstand: April

The folks at 5 Minutes For Books host What’s On Your Nightstand? the last Tuesday of each month in which we can share about the books we have been reading and plan to read. You can learn more about it by clicking the link or the button. I was surprised at first to find that [...]

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Ladies’ Luncheon ’09

Thanks to those who prayed for the ladies’ luncheon. Everything went very well! I had mentioned before that a lady in my church knew of someone who did a one-woman dramatic interpretation of one of my all-time favorite books, Evidence Not Seen by Darlene Deibler Rose. It is about a young missionary wife in the [...]

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My faith looks up to Thee

This hymn is one of the earliest I remember learning as a child. My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Savior divine! Now hear me while I pray, take all my guilt away, O let me from this day be wholly Thine! May Thy rich grace impart Strength to my fainting heart, [...]

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Mother’s Day Giveaways

The 5 Minutes For Moms site is hosting a series of giveaways which began April 22 and runs through May 9, with winners announced on Mother’s Day, May 10. Some of the prizes include a Blu-ray DVD player, An HP Mini 1000 PC, a Kodak digital camera — lots of great stuff! More information is [...]

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Friday’s Fave Five

Susanne at Living to Tell the Story hosts a “Friday Fave Five” in which we share our five favorite things from the past week. Click on the button to read more of the details, and you can visit Susanne to see the list of others’ favorites. My favorite moments from this week: 1. Getting a [...]

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Booking Through Thursday: Symbolic? Or Not?

The weekly Booking Through Thursday question for today is: Suggested by Barbara: My husband is not an avid reader, and he used to get very frustrated in college when teachers would insist discussing symbolism in a literary work when there didn’t seem to him to be any. He felt that writers often just wrote the [...]

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When someone falls

I had a bit of a wait in a not-so-fast-food drive-through last night, and I was listening to a radio preacher in the mean time. I think the general topic of the message was about temptation — he did talk about that a while. But at one point he mentioned (not by name) someone well-known [...]

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“The greater the weakness, the nearer He is…”

“Our very weakness gives opportunity for the power of the Lord Jesus Christ to be manifested. That blessed One never leaves and never forsakes us. The greater the weakness, the nearer He is to manifest His strength; the greater our necessities, the more have we ground to rely on it that He will prove Himself [...]

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