A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more (Jeremiah 31:15)* As the beloved wife of Israel’s patriarch Jacob, Rachel holds a special place in the hearts of the Jewish people. Christians honor her as one of the great […]
Spiritual abuse exists. It is something that I have experienced on many fronts since coming to know Jesus in 1997. I have been bullied for being a woman. I have been bullied for being outspoken. I have been bullied for being too opinionated. I have been bullied for being too excited. I have been bullied […]
You may have heard Oprah Winfrey call it her “Ah Ha Moment” and many others describe it as a sudden revelation of reality that usually changes you in an instant. Unlike the word in its traditional sense, my “epiphany” came on a Saturday, not a Sunday. And, I was surrounded by mourners not magi. Through […]
With age-old love I have loved you; so I have kept my mercy toward you. – Jeremiah 31:3 (NABRE) Most people get squeamish when you start talking about genealogies. Mostly because listening to someone else’ history is about as fascinating to most of us as reading the lines of generation in the Scriptures. Raise your […]