Wisdom from a country preacher series – Matt. 16:21-28 The cross is an eternal symbol of an unadjusted personality in an evil world. Daniel wouldn’t adjust to an evil world. John the Baptist wouldn’t, Paul wouldn’t and Jesus wouldn’t. An Indian Chief sent four young braves up a mountain to test their strength. They were…
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The Certainty of the Cross – Part 1
Wisdom from a country preacher series – Matt. 16:21-28 I feel privileged to be able to share one of Dad’s Lenten sermons this Easter. Part 1 today, watch for part 2 tomorrow. Think about the cross this Good Friday. Just as soon as Peter and the disciples acknowledged who Jesus was he started telling them about…
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Solution For the Troubled Heart
Wisdom from a Country Preacher series (Because of the high interest in my dad’s sermon notes, I decided the first Faith Friday post…
Read MoreThe Gift of Pondering
Ok, so it’s been way too long since we have posted. Maybe we (I) haven’t been doing what our blog name implies, pondering faith. Got too busy, too distracted, to take time to ponder. Today is a good day to begin again. It’s so good that God doesn’t condemn when we take those ‘sabbaticals’ . …
Read MoreOde to Potatoes (A Poem for Lent)
Oh potato I love you No matter how you look You can be baked You can be loaded You can be scalloped or mashed Oh potato I love you No matter how you look You can be french fried You can be hashed You can even be chipped But today dear potato I’m laying you…
Read MoreHappy Fastnacht (aka Fasnacht) Day!
When we moved to Lancaster County, PA six years ago, we were welcomed with some interesting local sayings from the heavy PA Dutch influence here, and a whole new day of celebration we had never heard of – Fastnacht Day! My husband works for a large farm equipment dealer in the area, so he really…
Read MoreContentment and the What ifs of Life
Contentment. All of us want it, yet it seems like so many of us don’t have it. Why are we unable to accept and make the most of the circumstances we all find ourselves in? I know I so often get caught in the ‘What if’s’ and ‘If only’s’. ‘What if I would have decided…
Read MoreFive Unusual Signs of Blessing
‘God bless you.’ I’ve said that to people, have you? What do we mean when we say that? I think I’ve meant – ‘may everything go your way’. But some of the ways Jesus described blessing in the Bible seem to be a little different. In Matthew 5, in what is called the Beatitudes, Jesus…
Read MoreI think I’m an addict
These days I find myself online a lot, and when I say a lot I mean A LOT! With wifi from cell phones, I can be plugged in 24-7. My husband says I have an IV hookup to the internet. What started as a habit has over time become, dare I say it, maybe even…
Read MoreWho’s batting for you?
Why is it that I only show true reliance on Jesus when I’m going through rocky times? I’ve been working on processing an answer to this difficult and disturbing question for the last few days. A few months back, I experienced a personal tragedy in my life that sent me running (really, beelining) to the Lord for…
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