Early on the first day of the week, after he had risen, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons” (Mark 16:9). After her earth-shattering meeting with Jesus, Mary Magdalene told his friends he was alive! Even though they didn’t believe her at first, delivering that message must have […]
Heart of the matter
When our girls were younger, The Jesus Storybook Bible was our bedtime reading on most nights. And the story they often chose was “The Girl No One Wanted,” about Jacob’s lesser-loved wife Leah and her long struggle to be valued. In this version of the story, Sally Lloyd-Jones uses modern language to describe the differences […]
Increased biblical literacy comes through increased immersion in God’s Word
Alyssa Caudill was a college student studying the Bible with her dormmates when God impressed on her the real purpose of reading His Word. Caudill, now a pastor’s wife in Carmi, realized she was great at coming up with answers to her friends’ questions. But they—and she—needed more. “Alyssa, you are giving them your own […]
God sees and hears
I imagine Hagar was a woman at the absolute end of her rope. Any mother who has sent her child away because she can’t stand to watch him die would be utterly and ultimately without hope. And that’s exactly where she is in Genesis 21, sitting apart from her son in the desert, waiting for […]
Watching our Christmas words
When my sister and I were in elementary school, she was given a solo in our church’s Christmas program. Each verse was sung from the perspective of an animal present for the birth of Jesus—the wonder of the nativity story extended even to the non-human creatures who were there. I, being a few years older […]
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