I accompanied my husband to a livestock auction today. Each year we sell about half of the calves our herd of nineteen cows produces. Today was the day of the sale. We sorted and loaded nine calves into the trailer and set off. Once the calves were unloaded and the trailer parked, we entered the…
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Are you hiding your talent?
Matthew 25:14-30 are the verses that share Jesus’ parable of the talents. I’m told that in Biblical times a talent was a monetary unit worth approximately a year’s wages for a servant. (I’m not a Biblical expert, so don’t ask me what kind of servant, or in which country or any of the other technical…
Conflict with God
Sin creates conflict with God. We learned this in Genesis 3:1-6 when Satan in the form of a serpent convinced Eve that she would not really die like God said she would if she ate of the fruit of the Tree of Good and Evil. But sin also creates conflict with others. Adam blamed Eve…
Wisdom and Truth from James
I love to travel. The above photo was taken by my Ukrainian exchange student, Iryna, as we drove through Utah toward Colorado on our Spring Break cross country road trip with my adult daughter. What a journey that was! (More about that another time.) I love mountains. There is something timeless and wise hidden there,…
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