Isaiah 1:18 CSB “Come, let’s settle this,”says the Lord.“Though your sins are scarlet,they will be as white as snow;though they are crimson red,they will be like wool. Today I discovered I don’t do a good job of cleaning the ceiling of my microwave. I clean the easy to reach sides and bottom and of course the…
Matthew 18:2-3 NSVAnd calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” I am a child. I’m too short to reach most things, especially the top shelf. I have to ask…
Carlsbad Caverns National Park, NM Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Philippe Sands had a plaguing question, “Who rescued my mother from the hands of the Nazis when she was an infant?” The British barrister and author was well versed…
James 1:23-24 GNT If you listen to the word, but do not put it into practice you are like people who look in a mirror and see themselves as they are. They take a good look at themselves and then go away and at once forget what they look like. Mona Lisa wasn’t smiling? For 500…
John 11: 43-44 NIV Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” Autoresuscitation is also known as Lazarus Syndrome or Phenomenon….
Sunset and North Sister, Sisters, OR Matthew 10:28 NIV Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. If you wonder why I am such a persistent squeaky wheel about this God stuff, it’s…
Haggai 1:7 TLB “Think it over,” says the Lord Almighty. “Consider how you have acted and what has happened as a result!” In my former classroom as a teacher, we had a “Ssshhhh” chair. Not a time out, not punishment, but a place to sit for a few moments and ssshhhhh. This gave the little…
Three Creeks Area, Sisters, OR 2 Corinthians 11:3 CSB But I fear that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your minds may be seduced from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. On one particular hike with my dogs, we had a run-in with a rattlesnake. One dog pounced into the bush, and…
by Jim Trelease This was one of the most influential books in my career. The importance of reading aloud to our children, our grandchildren, and our students is solidified and justified in this book. If you felt like reading out loud was important, you will be validated. If you never thought much about it, this…
