by Susan Jenkins Writer | Nov 23, 2016 | Faith
Thanks-giving is a choice. We often believe we are appropriately thankful, but when we take time to evaluate our choices in the not-so-pleasant situations, we come face to face with our true state of gratefulness. A little heart-check: are you more likely to utter...
by Susan Jenkins Writer | Nov 20, 2016 | Bible, Faith, History, Spirituality
“Read it again, Mommy.” I really don’t remember the number of times, but I know they were many. I picture where they all took place. As we snuggled in for bedtime reading after family prayer, my young daughter would ask for the story about the...
by Susan Jenkins Writer | Oct 21, 2016 | Bible, Faith, Spirituality, Walking with God
“Don’t move that Bible for me! I don’t get that many chances with God!” We were headed to lunch when I scooped up my Bible from the passenger seat to clear a spot for the social work intern to sit. Her protests would have amused me, except she...
by Susan Jenkins Writer | Oct 15, 2016 | Faith, Home and family, Inspiration, Love, Spirituality, Walking with God
“Never stop dating!†That advice is given to those who want to know how to keep their relationship strong, perhaps from those who have realized just in time that their love had cooled and had to be rekindled. We often struggle in various types of...
by Susan Jenkins Writer | Sep 25, 2016 | Faith, Spirituality, Walking with God
“It is finished!” Human history pivoted with the uttering of those words from the mouth of God, Who robed Himself in flesh and shed His own blood for our sins. The closing of one Testament and the opening of another was occurring before the bewildered eyes...
by Susan Jenkins Writer | Aug 26, 2016 | Disaster, Faith, Home and family, Uncategorized
“It may actually get into our house this time.” “Our house”  is a place I have visited since childhood,  home of a beloved cousin just far enough ahead in age to marry while I was a young girl, and to have never failed to provide adventures...