Louisa Adams: Delicate Might

Louisa Adams: Delicate Might

by | Oct 9, 2023

Louisa Catherine Adams waited at the doors. She was easy to overlook – small and slight and nearly fifty, with shadows beneath her large, dark eyes. But that night, January 8, 1824, she stood where she would be seen, and all attention was on her. She was mighty,...
Squanto

Squanto

by | Oct 1, 2023

When the Pilgrims landed in the new world, God had prepared a person to be of significant help to them.[1]   Not in the same league as Daniel going into Babylon early or Joseph into Egypt, still, Squanto was an enormous help to the Pilgrims because they...
Social Anxiety

Social Anxiety

by | Sep 24, 2023

Until recently, I dismissed Social Anxiety as just being humble, or only being comfortable with what is known and familiar. But a recent conversation opened my eyes to see that some people really do experience concern, worry, fear, nervousness and discomfort at...
Legalism in Latin America

Legalism in Latin America

by | Sep 10, 2023

Leticia, Colombia, c. 1996  Reluctantly, the missionary admitted to an American audience that his wife wore slacks on their mission field in Colombia. Knowing the conservative nature of this congregation, the missionary correctly feared that his honesty...
Cash The Check

Cash The Check

by | Sep 3, 2023

We have experienced this more than once.  We give a gift to someone and they do not cash the check for weeks.  Cashing the check means taking it to a bank and trading it for the cash money it represents.  Not cashing the check is a help to the...
Accepting a Project from Dad

Accepting a Project from Dad

by | Aug 20, 2023

I Chronicles 17 and I Kings 18 inform us of King David wanting to build a temple for God, God’s gracious refusal, God making significant promises to David, and Solomon actually building a temple for the ark of the covenant.  These chapters are loaded with...