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Reading and Remembering with Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women {May Edition}
In this month’s edition of Reading and Remembering, I’m spotlighting Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Eric Schumacher. I read Worthy as part of a book study with my sister and my friend Elise. I enjoyed the beginning of the book, but then got bogged down a little bit in the middle. The end, however, is filled with encouragement that is grounded in the gospel. The Appendices are insightful and could prove helpful to pastors and church leaders who need some practical suggestions about how to implement some of the ideas in the book. Last summer, my sister and I read through Carolyn Custis James’ book…
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New Year, New Goals, and A Song about Hagar {New Music Monday}
I set a few goals for myself this year! Here they are: I’d like to post something new here on Mondays and Thursdays. I’ve been posting twice a week on and off for a while, but typically not on the same days. I’d like to provide you, my dear readers, with more consistency, and also myself. This might mean I’ll post shorter instead of longer articles, and I might also end up posting more personal updates because I’ll be writing “on the fly” more often. I’m excited to see what I come up with! If you’d like me to write an article about something particular, would you let me know?…
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Ships Lost At Sea: Why Men and Women Need Each Other
As a summer Bible study, my sister and I are reading the book “Lost Women of the Bible” by Carolyn Custis James. As we read, we highlight, underline, or bracket the passages that stand out to us. Then, we answer the study questions after each chapter. We talk on the phone once a week to discuss what we learned, and any other random thoughts that come to us as we chat! In her book, Carolyn Custis James calls the relationship between men and women the “Blessed Alliance.” She says, The clear message of the Bible is that God intended for men and women to work together. God put an exclamation…
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Quotes From Our Current Reading Material
“Little Sal picked three berries and dropped them in her little tin pail…kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk! She picked three more berries and ate them. Then she picked more berries and dropped one in the pail–kuplunk! And the rest she ate. Then Little Sal ate all four blueberries out of her pail!”Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey *** “They came round the corner, and there was Eeyore’s house, looking as comfy as anything.‘There you are,’ said Piglet.‘Inside as well as outside,’ said Pooh proudly.Eeyore went inside…and came out again.‘Its a remarkable thing,’ he said. ‘It is my house, and I built it where I said I did, so the wind must have…