by Helen | Dec 20, 2015 | Book Reviews
If you know me at all, you know that I love books: I love to read them, to share them with others, and to talk about them. This is the time of year that many bloggers are putting out their “best of” book lists. I always review these eagerly and have already added some...
by Helen | Mar 17, 2015 | Bible Study, Prayer
Much has been written about Moses, the great leader who brought the children of Israel out of Egypt. The Sunday School version of the Exodus story is so dramatic that it is natural to see Moses in a role of power, decisiveness, strength and perseverance. The New...
by Helen | Mar 14, 2015 | Bible Study
This week I finished a study of the book of Jeremiah. In one of the final chapters, Jeremiah describes the judgment of Babylon. Part of the study also looked at the fate of Babylon in the book of Revelation. As I read, I was struck the repeated use of the word cup in...
by Helen | Feb 20, 2015 | Prayer
I recently trained as a literacy tutor through the public library system and have begun meeting regularly with an English learner. Yesterday we discussed the meaning of a list of terms he had encountered in a text book. One of these words, used in a medical context,...
by Helen | Jun 26, 2014 | Book Reviews
The last few weeks I have had the privilege of facilitating a class call “Growing Your Faith through Reading Christian Biographies.” When I initially conceived this topic, I considered a number of books that had touched my own life. Eventually I came up...