I’ve heard of polls claiming that people of faith are generally happier than atheists, which of course as a Christian I find easy to believe. Scientific American reported that believers are happier (depending on culture) and a separate CNN report compared Twitter comments between atheist and believers and found more positive or happier comments among […]
Faith Filled Summer #1
Simple Faith: Where’s the Love? Faith is one of those things that can be mysterious or simple, profound or child-like. It can be explored with depth and breadth and still leave room for questions. But in my daily experience, I’ve found it helpful to have certain foundational truths to fall back on, especially when something […]
Introduction to My Faith-Filled Summer
As you might have guessed if you’ve visited this blog before, my husband and I are on a journey together—one that doesn’t often require us to go far from home, since our handicapped son keeps us close to our safe and comfortable nest. Thankfully, I’m widely traveled through the research I enjoy while writing my […]
Know Many God-Fearers?
I was reading about the early Christian church, which of course emerged out of Judaism since Christ Himself was Jewish. Most of the early converts to Christianity were Jews (like the disciples) until Peter and especially Paul was inspired by God to bring the Good News to the Gentiles. The Roman Empire was in high […]
It was taught . . . but was it caught?
My sister visited the other day and we were talking about our family. (What else do you do when not all of your siblings are present? 🙂 We talk about those not there, of course.) We were lamenting that not all of our nieces and nephews have followed in the faith they were taught, despite […]
Easter’s Coming!
This year winter is still gripping the Midwest like it’ll never let go, so it’s hard to feel like Easter is nearly here. Of course, Easter is arriving a little early, but still—March is supposed to be one of those “slushy” months, with at least a few transitional days as a promise of what’s just […]
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