My daughter came to me yesterday and said, “I want an Ephesians Colouring Book.” She has a Psalms Colouring Book and assumed that there was one for every book of the Bible. The current sermon series at church has been from Ephesians. She has been reviewing this with her small group. She loves colouring and I figured this is a great way for her to get the Word deeper. So, I created Ephesians Colouring Pages. Just like we are in…
What are you waiting for? We are all waiting for something. How are you waiting? What are you doing in the times of waiting? I recently had the opportunity to review a Bible Study, In the Waiting by Jazmin Frank. About In the Waiting Jazmin describes the book this way: We’re all waiting for something—change, healing, freedom, connection, community, deliverance. We get to decide how we handle that waiting. Do we focus on the thing we want, or do we…
I have seen the Gospel-Centered Life Bible studies and was excited to have the opportunity to review this book. There are four new titles being released at this time. I chose to review Titus. I have read Titus but I am not sure I have really gone deep and studied the book so I was eager to have this opportunity. Titus is a short book just three chapters. This study is just seven lessons. Book Description Can the truth really…
A few years ago, sitting in a team meeting I wrote on my notes, “learn to lament.” I went home and forgot about that, but my heart kept being drawn to the desire to understand what it means to lament. I read a book on prayer and wrote notes on the chapter on lament. Later I did a Bible study on Psalms hoping that would help me. I wanted to learn how to lament. In many ways, I think I…
I love words. I often look up a word in the dictionary even one I know to the meaning. At times I find that the dictionary gives me a deeper meaning. There is a word in Chinese, “mafan”, which means trouble, annoying, time-consuming, or no purpose but it needs to be done. We have not found a simple American English word that fits that meaning so we use “mafan” when we have all the forms to fill out and it…