“At that very moment, she came up and began to thank God and to speak about him to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem” (Luke 2:38). My family’s Christmas tree has been up since the first week of November. It’s a tradition we started several years ago, and to those of […]
Meredith Flynn
Lydia’s quick response
“A God-fearing woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying” (Acts 16:14). The account of Lydia is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment in the middle of the Book of Acts. Her story is only three verses long, but […]
Unflinching leadership
There is one part of Judges 4-5 that sets the tone for the entire account of Deborah, the only female judge of Israel chronicled in the Bible. Ironically, this snippet doesn’t include Deborah herself, although she does foreshadow wicked Sisera’s death at the hands of a woman. What she doesn’t say is that the woman, […]
The ministry of getting up
Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, ‘Tabitha, get up.’ She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.” My favorite part of the book of Acts is that we often get to read the rest of the story. The apostles did these amazing […]
She had (almost) everything
When we first meet the woman of Shunem in 2 Kings 4, she’s got a lot going for her. She’s hospitable, welcoming the prophet Elijah into her home for a meal every time he passes through town. She also has resources—enough to build an addition onto her home for Elijah to use as he comes […]
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