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Valentine’s Day | To Pray for What Seems to be Impossible

I have been taking time to pray for what seems to be impossible… just… about…...

April 2025

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The Business of Doing New Things

He is in the business of doing new things. Therefore if any man be in...

June 2024

June 29, 2024

Rejoice | Even in Our Tears

God has a way of helping us rejoice, even in our tears. But then I...

June 20, 2024

Rejoice | Reflections on Vacation

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances… 1 Thessalonians 5.16-18 I’ve been...

February 2024

February 27, 2024

Texts to be Brave & Trust

Texts to be Brave & Trust Most of the time, when I post scripture, I...

March 2023

March 23, 2023

recap | on the marital relationship in Ephesians

recap | on the marital relationship in Ephesians The first 2 articles are an overview...

March 20, 2023

Ephesians | {love &} respect

Ephesians | {love &} respect I'd like to review Paul's passage on marriage one last...

March 16, 2023

Ephesians | love {& respect}

love {& respect} However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and...

March 12, 2023

Ephesians | a Word about the wife

Ephesians | a Word about the wife in the Roman Empire Christians are noticed Christians...

March 09, 2023

Ephesians | roles of the husband in family

Ephesians | roles of the husband in family 2 Disclaimers: Judging by how I understand...

March 06, 2023

Ephesians | marital sexuality

Ephesians | marital sexuality We’ve got some ground to cover and this is a sensitive...

March 02, 2023

Ephesians | time to consider the change of sanctification

Ephesians | time to consider the change of sanctification We’re discussing the Christian household code...

February 2023

February 27, 2023

Ephesians | interpreting Paul on submission

Ephesians | interpreting Paul on submission In the ancient Greco-Roman Empire something unique takes place....

February 23, 2023

Ephesians | Spirit control in community

It’s about control. Paul is warning us not to yield control to anything else. This...

February 14, 2023

Ephesians | marital glory, sanctity & mystery

Ephesians | marital glory, sanctity & mystery Ephesians 5.26-32 Aspects of marital sanctification can possibly...

February 09, 2023

Ephesians | church & the marital relationship

Ephesians | church & the marital relationship Ephesians 5.18, 21-33 "Do not get drunk with...

November 2022

November 21, 2022

Ways you can make an interfaith marriage work

6 ways you can make an interfaith marriage work When I use the term interfaith,...

October 2022

October 03, 2022

Saturday & Sunday stop… 1st-2nd October 2022

This stop, Crystal organized an entire getaway weekend without telling us anything. day 1 The...

April 2022

April 25, 2022

editorial: make potatoes & a man shows up (10 mins)

" ...You know what I always say, 'Make potatoes and a man shows up!'" i....

December 2021

December 21, 2021

Merry Christmas!! 2021 in review

As we approach Christmas and review 2021, it really doesn't look like many people were...

November 2021

November 29, 2021

just for fun | Family Thanksgiving Vacay!

Five out of six of our extended family households were able to gather this year...

August 2021

August 06, 2021

Williamsburg, amusement, food, history, & a spot of tea

Rumor has it that Bohea Tea was dumped overboard at the Boston Tea Party. Opened...

March 2021

March 08, 2021

coffee break | good family stressors

Even though they're good changes, they can become stressors. They are usually in the top...

February 2020

February 17, 2020

Ephesians 6 | Children & Parents

Some people elevate the parental relationship so high that they seem to forget how to...

February 10, 2020

Ephesians 5.33 | Respect

There is a band of fiber-like materials that connect the left and right hemispheres of...

January 2020

January 20, 2020

Ephesians 5 | Paul on the Role of Husband & Savior

The first and fewest possible parts of a family are master and slave, husband and...

January 16, 2020

Ephesians 5 | The Husband as Kephale

Before you read this article, please bear in mind that it's a simple Word study. ...

January 09, 2020

Ephesians 5 | The Sanctity of Water & the Word

When we're talking about sanctification by water and the word, we seem to dissect the...

January 06, 2020

Ephesians 5 | Submission in the House of God

In the ancient Greek and Roman empires something unique takes place. Philosophers influence the ethical...

December 2019

December 31, 2019

Ephesians 5 | Submission

Why would we want to come under the covering of a church? Because when we're...