Welcome back to Part Two of our interview with historical novelist Lori Benton! I know you’ll be blessed as she shares from her heart. 7. You do such a wonderful job of transporting us to the 18th century New York frontier—did you do much hands-on or on-site research? Thank you! Will it surprise you […]
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Those Who Wait for the Lord, Part 2
Read Part 1 here.God is big on waiting. Sometimes I wonder why. As I told Him recently one night before falling asleep, “You know, Lord, it would be a whole lot easier to trust You if I knew what was going to happen.” I wonder if I made Him laugh. But the response I sensed […]
Those Who Wait for the Lord, Part 1
She had almost given up hope. No matter that everyone called her beautiful. What was beauty, or anything, if you couldn’t pass it on to your children? And she had no children. The shame of it cloaked her, gnawed at her insides. What was a woman without children in her time? Far worse than one […]
A Valentine Potpourri
Happy Valentine’s Day, dear reader friends!In whatever life’s place this holiday finds you, I hope you enjoy this collection of posts–and even a video–reminding us of love and most of all His love. They have blessed me this week, and I hope they bless you too!First, my lovely agent Wendy Lawton had a wonderful reminder […]
Toward Bethlehem: Simeon
Israel’s strength and consolation Hope of all the earth Thou art Dear desire of every nation Joy of every longing heart Simeon I pause within the temple gates to catch my breath, wheezing slightly. The milling crowd presses about me. Lord, did I hear You aright? Through the shouts of money-changers and bleating of goats […]
Toward Bethlehem: Abiding in the Fields
Originally posted December 3, 2011 O come, O come Emmanuel And ransom captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear… Micah, a young shepherd. Nights fall cold and early now. The sheep crowd near us as we huddle by the fire beneath our robes. When I lie on my […]
Toward Bethlehem: Mary
Originally posted December 11, 2011. Of the Father’s love begotten Ere the worlds began to be, He is Alpha and Omega, He the Source, the Ending He Mary Joseph came home tired tonight. He tries not to let me see, but I know it wears on him, the talk of Rome and taxes and blood […]
Toward Bethlehem: Elizabeth
Originally posted December 5, 2011. Let all mortal flesh keep silence and with fear and trembling stand Ponder nothing earthly-minded, for with blessing in His hand Christ our God to earth descendeth Our full homage to demand. This Sabbath was read in synagogue the scroll of Isaiah, the part which begins with the people walking […]
Coming…
Advent is coming. I feel I’ve been tiptoeing around it, now quite daring to breathe it in yet, because it won’t be official until Sunday, but catching whiffs that thrill my heart with the coming promise of the season. A few early Christmas lights twinkling in the dusk…the nip in the night air when I […]
Trust II
Trust…it’s been coming at me from all directions lately, especially in books. Trusting God seems to be a lesson He never tires of, or at least one I need to learn over and over again. …In One-Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp, which I am slowly nibbling my way through bit by bit. Her observation that lack […]