Jesus with Women

How Jesus interacted with women during his time here on earth tells us a lot about God’s view of women. Actually, woman’s role in God’s salvation story was set way back in the Garden of Eden when God told Eve her offspring would someday crush the head of the serpent. The Son of God would …

Woman as Ezer

When my church congregation would sing the old hymn Come Thou Fount when I was a kid, I was always puzzled by the line "Here I raise my Ebenezer." What in the world was an Ebenezer? My only form of reference was Ebenezer Scrooge and somehow it didn't seem right to be raising up a …

Feet Like a Deer

What does it look like to wait quietly for something? Not just wait, but wait quietly? Is that our go-to activity when faced with disaster? I know how to wait NOT quietly. I’m really good at that. But what does a quiet wait look like? Habakkuk begins his vow to wait quietly on God with …

Remember Mercy

We’ve reached the final chapter in our study of Habakkuk. God has told the prophet his plans for both the Israelites and the Chaldeans. Now, we see Habakkuk’s final response. Gail talked last week about her heart being heavy. Not surprising. We’ve just slogged through a lot of lamenting and woe-foretelling. I’m sure Habakkuk’s heart …

Happily Ever After

By Gail Peo That’s what we all want, isn’t it? To live happily ever after? To have everything we desire? But is that what is best for us? When the Israelites entered the Promised Land, after wandering in the wilderness for 40 years, God told them, “You shall bless the LORD your God for the …

Living by Faith

By Katie Kafka Faith is a word that we use all the time in a variety of contexts. It's on our t-shirts, artistically printed in the shape of a cross. We post it on our walls: faith, hope and love OR faith, family and freedom. A biblical definition of faith is "the assurance of things …