In John 5, Jesus asks what seems to be an obvious question to the man who is laying by the pool. “Do you want to get well?” The man doesn’t answer the question; he just gives a reason as to why he hasn’t been healed so far. “When the water is stirred, I have no…
My husband, Greg, was told recently that he had high blood pressure and needed to loose some weight in order to help it come down. As support (and because it can’t hurt!) Mariah and I have joined him. I was pretty shocked to discover just how much and how often I was eating when I…
As I was sitting on the deck of the lake house we were staying at in the mountains, it was so quiet. The world had yet to awaken and it was serene. I heard a Canadian goose honk to some other geese. Then there was a chorus of honking. They closer they got to each…
When you have been reading the Word for a long time, sometimes it seems like you’ve read the same verses over and over again. It may help to try a new translation or look at a different view point from a Bible study. For my birthday, Madi got me a new Bible. It is gorgeous…my…
I’ve had heard from a few of you through email and am glad you are joining in the study of John. We’re still in John 3; it is so full! In verses 22 – 35, John the Baptist is speaking to a certain Jew about Jesus. The Jewish man says to John “Rabbi, that man…
Some days, I stay in a chapter a day or two, so today we’re still in John 3. Verse 21 says “But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.” Whoever lives by the truth…I know that…