Did you ever play with a sparkler when you were little? They are fabulous for about 15 seconds and then…poof…they fizzle out. In the last part of Hebrews 10, the writer is encouraging the Hebrews to stay in it for the long haul. There are many mentions of holding fast, endurance, without wavering, and not forsaking in…
GREATER > Jesus said something in John 14:12 that may totally blow your skirt up if you haven’t really thought about it. He told his disciples that they would do GREATER WORKS than the ones they had seen Him do. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I…
Oh how I love this photo that a Times Daily photog captured. This is Anna standing, with hands raised, cheering on our beloved UNA Lions at the first home game of the season. That is actually my sweetie pie daughter, Hannah, next to her. When Hannah texted me the pic, it made me grin from…
My son is a senior in the chemical industrial hygiene program at the University of North Alabama (which kind of makes this former chemistry teacher proud!). He has enlightened me about a concept called “Risk Versus Benefit”. Risk versus Benefit involves weighing the negative risks associated with a particular activity against the potential benefits the activity…
“Hold it all together, everybody needs you strong.” And with that one line, the song “Just Be Held” had my attention. That is me in a nutshell. Shelly…wife, mom, grandma, leader, teacher, education professional. Hold it together girl – you can’t let anybody see your mess. So many times I have put on the expected…
Pearl Stringing Half the battle of Bible study is REMEMBERING what we read. So chunking the text into parts that make sense in our heads is very important. For example, in Hebrews 1, this is how I chunked it in my head (your chunks may be different and that’s ok): I. The Authority of Jesus…