Category Archives: inspirational

Is Your Church Changing for the Worse?

Posted on July 2, 2014 by This Woman Writes

If you belong to a warm, embracing, encouraging and fun church congregation, today’s post is not for you. All I can advise is this: keep it that way, and you do this by limiting the size and power of leadership/management. When these people … Continue reading →

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Be Wary of Near Death Experience Stories

Posted on June 30, 2014 by This Woman Writes

“Did you read the book?” “Nope.” “See the movie?” “Nope.” “Then what makes you think you can have an opinion on the matter?” I grew up in a family of scientists, where not having a PhD in a discipline (and most … Continue reading →

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Is There a Secret to Getting into Heaven?

Posted on June 25, 2014 by This Woman Writes

How to get to heaven is a piece of information that we all want to know. The rich young ruler of Matthew 19:16 – 29 (Mark 10: 17 – 30, Luke 18: 18 – 30) asked Jesus, “What good thing … Continue reading →

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Queen Anne’s Lace — The Story of This Painting

Posted on June 24, 2014 by This Woman Writes

The story of the painting, Queen Anne’s Lace, by Steve Henderson at Start Your Week with Steve: Queen Anne’s Lace is essentially a wild carrot, and is so named because the tiny white flowers on the broad white head are … Continue reading →

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What Jesus Calls Success

Posted on June 23, 2014 by This Woman Writes

I love reading about the disciples. They’re so refreshingly human, constantly expressing fear and doubt and selfish ambition. One of the greatest gifts the Bible gives us is that it’s written honestly, and doesn’t — like we do — provide … Continue reading →

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The Doubting Christian

Posted on June 20, 2014 by This Woman Writes

Doubt is not so much a sin as it is a problem, and like most problems, it’s best to solve it, as opposed to letting it be a part of our continued existence. Too often, when a Christian asks a … 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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When Reading the Bible Bores You

Posted on June 11, 2014 by This Woman Writes

Christianity is all about being honest, and if most of us were honest with one another — say, about reading the Bible — many of our conversations would look like this: “I know I should read the Bible, but I … 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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Praying for a Sign? Don’t.

Posted on June 4, 2014 by This Woman Writes

Signs and wonders: they fascinate us. We marvel at the crossing of the Red Sea, Jesus’ feeding of 5,000 and 4,000, even Gideon with his soggy sheep fleece. One part of us asks, “Is this really true?” while another part … Continue reading →