"'I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.' But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to...
When I was a teenager I used to take long walks in the woods behind our home. I found it a great way to clear my head, a good way to calm my spirit, and a wonderful way to connect to something greater than myself. I cherished the peace that it gave me. As I was...
"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in various forms." — 1 Peter 4:10 (NIV) When I was a young girl we had big Christmas celebrations. My mother invited many family members and friends. Gifts were...
"I knew you before you were formed in your mother's womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world." — Jeremiah 1:5 (NLT) Our family is awaiting the arrival of a new addition. The expectant mother recently had her ultrasound....
I don't have a wonderful singing voice, but I love to sing. And sometimes, when I get to work early and no one is there, I will sing as I go about my work. Then one day one of my co-workers came up to me and told me how much she had enjoyed the songs I had been...
Last week, in Sowing Our Talents, Part 1, I told the story of how embarrassed I became when one of my coworkers commented on having heard me sing at work. We then went on to see what Jesus has to say about talents, and we learned that it doesn't matter whether we have...
I almost missed it, there where the ground was soggy and the trail muddy and puddly .When I looked more closely to where the sound was coming from, a little spring was visible coming from under a rock to the right of the trail. One little spring. Enough water to give...
Is that possible? Do ordinary people do extraordinary things? I asked myself that when my grandmother hugged me and kissed my cheek as we stood beside the old taxi cab that would take us to the La Paz airport and head to our new home in the U.S. “Someday, you’ll do...
"For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away." (Matt 25:29-30 NKJV) When I was a boy our church didn't have a choir so everyone was expected to sing. That didn't bother me...
A scribe was not easy to categorize. He loved learning, adored being taught and esteemed law. He admired the systems of law that underpinned the universe and society and his nation. He may have been a secretary or a teacher but if he was a teacher he was not expected...