Category Archives: Culture

Evening Waltz — The Story of This Painting

Posted on July 8, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting, Evening Waltz, by Steve Henderson at Start Your Week with Steve: It is a beauteous evening, and a young couple dances in a ballroom of light, motion, movement, and sound. The song is the sound … Continue reading →

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Christians Are Not Citizens of Babylon

Posted on July 4, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The 6th century, B.C., was a tumultuous one for the Hebrew people. Always beset and troubled by enemies, the Jewish state, barely holding out in the territory of Judah and its capitol city, Jerusalem, was finally and fully conquered by … Continue reading →

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Complicating Christianity

Posted on June 27, 2014 by This Woman Writes

I’ll be the first to admit that I make things too complicated, and as an astute and thoughtful reader wrote me about a recent article, The Kingdom of Heaven — How Do We Get There?, “Isn’t it enough just to believe?” … Continue reading →

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Catching the Breeze: The Story of This Painting

Posted on June 17, 2014 by This Woman Writes

In professional fine art, the term “local color” refers to the actual color a viewer expects to see — in a landscape, figurative work, or still life painted in a representational manner. Local color is not a term one uses … Continue reading →

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Are You a Nobody?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by This Woman Writes

Have you ever wondered why, in the Nativity story, a host of angels appeared to a bunch of shepherds, other than that, thousands of years later, shepherds would make a great addition to the figurine collection in a Nativity set? … Continue reading →

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Purple Iris — The Story of This Painting

Posted on June 10, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting, Purple Iris, by Steve Henderson at Start Your Week with Steve. Flowers are God’s paintings that He put on earth for all to enjoy. In the oddest places — the middle of the city with … Continue reading →

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Pop Culture Christianity

Posted on June 9, 2014 by This Woman Writes

In our younger years, prior to children, the Norwegian Artist and I traveled through and lived in South America, where our most fervent hope was that we would be thought to be Canadians, Danes, Australians, or anything other than Americans, … Continue reading →

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Leaving Church — Why Do People Do It?

Posted on June 6, 2014 by This Woman Writes

Years ago, when we still attended weekly church services, a longtime acquaintance (that’s generally what we are in church situations — we’re rarely given time to freely mingle and get to know one another as friends) left. If you attend … Continue reading →

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Three Horses: The Story of This Painting

Posted on June 3, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting, Three Horses, by Steve Henderson at Start Your Week with Steve: There is always a sense of, “All is right with the world,” when you pass by a group of horses grazing in a meadow. The pace … Continue reading →

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False “Christian” Teaching

Posted on May 28, 2014 by This Woman Writes

Apostasy is nothing new in Christianity. Two thousand years ago Jesus warned that false prophets “come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.” (Matthew 7: 15) Given that we, the people of God, are frequently referred to as … Continue reading →