Bible.org Blogs

  • Home
  • Engage|Women
  • Impact|Men
  • Heartprints|Children
  • NetBible
  • Home
  • Engage|Women
  • Impact|Men
  • Heartprints|Children
  • NetBible

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Blogs

  • Home
  • Engage|Women
  • Impact|Men
  • Heartprints|Children
  • NetBible

About

  • Account
  • Bible.org Blogs
  • Bloggers Submission Agreement
  • Blogging Author’s Submissions Guidelines
  • Engage Authors
  • Engage Blog
  • Heartprints Authors
  • Heartprints Blog
  • Impact Authors
  • Impact Blog
  • Login
  • Logout
  • Members
  • Password Reset
  • Register
  • User
  • A close up of foodDescription generated with high confidence
    Engage

    The Thanks Giving Key

    November 25, 2021 / 0 Comments

    A few years ago I was invited to go on an overseas mission trip. This journey was to a country on the other side of the world with a foreign culture and language, and would take almost 24 hours to get there. No doubt many of you readers have done the same, and know the planning, anticipation and excitement of such a trip. Still, it’s not unusual to have a little nagging insecurity regarding the unknowns, and that was how I was feeling. I would be traveling alone on a long leg of the trip, navigating an unfamiliar airport with a tight connection and felt a little uneasy about it.…

    read more
    Susie Hawkins

    You May Also Like

    Then They Remembered Jesus’s Words

    April 16, 2022

    Fresh Perspectives on Women in the Bible: Esther By Natalie Edwards

    January 18, 2019

    Mother’s Day: A Day to Honor Non-Traditional Mothers, Too

    May 10, 2021
  • Engage

    Blessed: I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

    November 20, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Ever since I studied the life of Mary of Nazareth, Jesus’s mother, and wrote a 31-day devotional study, I choose my words with care around the concept of blessing. I think twice now before using the phrase “I am blessed” or the hashtag “blessed.” In the western world, blessings typically refer to our good fortune or whatever makes our lives comfortable. We feel blessed when a new countertop graces our cabinetry, the trip goes without delay, our children make us look good, or the Wi-Fi is strong. However, problems arise when we equate material blessing with God’s favor. If we are blessed because we possess physical comforts and live in…

    read more
    Eva Burkholder

    You May Also Like

    Five Things I’m Learning from Individuals Experiencing Homelessness

    July 2, 2019
    The Gifts of Christmas-Love, Life, and Joy

    The Gifts of Christmas That Last Forever

    December 25, 2020
    Park Cities Baptist Church choir

    Christmas Music

    December 7, 2017
  • Engage

    Thankfulness As Our Purpose

    November 18, 2021 / 0 Comments

    As the calendar winds down on another unprecedented year, we gladly enter this joyful season of giving and thanksgiving. Many of us feel a gentle nudge toward understanding God’s call to purposeful daily life. Have you ever asked God about His will for your life?

    read more
    Joy Dahl

    You May Also Like

    What drives ISIS and how will we respond?

    March 3, 2015
    Put your faith into words. Prepare to Share. Then do it. Helpful ways to prepare to share your faith in daily conversations.

    Put Your Faith into Words

    February 24, 2017

    The Ministry of Hymns

    March 29, 2017
  • Engage

    Do You Box Up Your Thanksgiving?

    December 2, 2020 / 0 Comments

    This week I boxed up all our Thanksgiving decorations to sit in the closet for a year. The handwritten thanksgiving banner, the small jars with prompts to thank God, the cup with past subjects to be thankful for, and the abundantly full cornucopia. The Thanksgiving season is over for another year. Out of sight and out of mind. Or should it be? Various research has been conducted on the benefits of thankfulness (gratitude). Gratitude is associated with an increase in well-being, self-esteem, self-support; improvement in relationships, sleep, overall health; enhancement in positive emotions and optimism.[1]   One study revealed gratitude led to less depression, more happiness, release from toxic emotions,…

    read more
    PJ Beets

    You May Also Like

    The path to sticky faith for kids

    The Path to Sticky Faith

    May 1, 2015

    Planet versus People, a path towards peace.

    March 11, 2022

    Running to my Husband

    January 25, 2021
  • Engage

    Toasters, Faith and Remembering

    November 23, 2020 / 0 Comments

    This post was originally posted in June of 2019 as Thanksgiving nears in 2020 I thought it may do us all well to reflect and remember. It has been quite the year since this post first circulated. Yet even with all of the upheaval and strangeness that 2020 has brought our way-when we pause to remember we see that God is still good! A toaster was all it took to throw me into a crisis of faith yesterday. I love toast as much as the next person, but it wasn’t the actual toaster that triggered my downward spiral, but what the toaster represented. About a year ago, my family took…

    read more
    Christen Jacobs

    You May Also Like

    The Power of an Expert Speaking as a Fellow Traveler: Phillip Johnson

    June 30, 2014
    Sunrise

    Better Than Before

    April 23, 2020

    A New Perspective on Bathsheba by Grace Holik

    December 21, 2018
  • Engage

    Preparing Our Hearts for Advent: Hope Has Come, Hope is Coming

    November 18, 2020 / 0 Comments

    By Victoria Monet*  Even though Thanksgiving has yet to come, many people are already putting up their Christmas trees and decorations. Christmas decorating before Thanksgiving usually happens, but this year, it seems that people are trying to get in the Christmas Spirit even earlier. And can we blame them? It’s been a rough year. In addition to facing a global pandemic that’s affected many people’s physical, mental, and financial health, we’ve also had to process the tragic reality of police brutality against African Americans, the surfacing of racial tensions, and one of the most intense, heated elections in American history. We’ve felt anxious, scared, sad, overwhelmed, and exhausted. Many of…

    read more
    Michelle Pokorny

    You May Also Like

    Helping Bible Study Newbies by Melanie Newton. Make it easy for them to learn and not give up!

    Helping Bible Study Newbies

    June 25, 2021

    Advent/Ferguson: 5 Ways to Respond to a Dead Black Teen, Riots and Looting

    December 2, 2014

    What Is Your Voice: Expert or Fellow-Traveler? 5 Tips to Communicate with More Influence

    June 16, 2014
  • Engage

    The Thanks Giving Key

    November 28, 2019 / Comments Off on The Thanks Giving Key

    A few years ago I was invited to go on an overseas mission trip. This journey was to a country on the other side of the world with a foreign culture and language, and would take almost 24 hours to get there. No doubt many of you readers have done the same, and know the planning, anticipation and excitement of such a trip. Still, it’s not unusual to have a little nagging insecurity regarding the unknowns, and that was how I was feeling. I would be traveling alone on a long leg of the trip, navigating an unfamiliar airport with a tight connection and felt a little uneasy about it.…

    read more
    Susie Hawkins

    You May Also Like

    crying woman

    From Fears to Tears

    June 27, 2018
    Growing Old, Staying Fresh and Green, Pslam 92

    Growing Old – Staying Fresh and Green

    August 10, 2018

    Please, no more!

    September 17, 2020
  • Engage

    Running the Race of Life

    November 21, 2019 / Comments Off on Running the Race of Life

    As Thanksgiving approaches, many of us are gearing up for our favorite running day of the year. Even non-runners love the annual Turkey Trot where young and old alike jog in anticipation of the great feast ahead. Then you can eat all the turkey dinner you want AND have a second helping of dessert guilt-free. Okay, maybe that last part is just my tradition. Unfortunately, I can’t run this year due to a back injury. Doctor’s orders. As I’ve lamented and longed to run again, a new picture has emerged: Life as a race with hurdles and PR’s (personal records). Scripture says: “Since we are surrounded by such a great…

    read more
    Joy Dahl

    You May Also Like

    Why the Biblical Defense of Traditional Marriage is NOT like the “Biblical” Defense of Slavery

    March 17, 2015

    Pain: God’s Just-Right Tool

    January 18, 2022

    Disruption: Thoughts on Life and Chaos

    June 17, 2020
  • Engage

    Give Thanks In…

    November 11, 2019 / Comments Off on Give Thanks In…

    At the height of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln formally scheduled Thanksgiving for the final Thursday in November. He implored all U.S. Americans to ask God to “commend to his tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife” and to “heal the wounds of the nation” (History of Thanksgiving). With Thanksgiving just 17 days away, families and friends are making preparations for food, festivities, and football. We excel at making external preparations. But are we preparing internally for Thanksgiving? Are our hearts ready to give thanks? With the political intensity of the last several months, it’s easy to forget that…

    read more
    Karla Zazueta

    You May Also Like

    Stop Rotten Talk-A Commentary on Ephesians 4:29

    Stop Rotten Talk—A Commentary on Ephesians 4:29

    April 24, 2020

    STORMS and the PRESENCE of CHRIST

    July 1, 2015
    Helping women

    Invisible Women

    October 25, 2020
  • Engage

    Keeping Grace at the Holiday Table

    November 8, 2019 / Comments Off on Keeping Grace at the Holiday Table

    When my husband and I would visit my parents, we liked to take bets about how long it would before my Dad would bring up the subject of the driverless car. After all, he was a transportation engineer for more than 3 decades, so he couldn’t help himself. It was fun for us to exchange knowing glances when the conversation really picked up steam, and Dad never disappointed.  Time with family can be so fun.  It’s often predictable.  I have highlighted a pleasant, recurring theme in my family, but I definitely have some recurring behavior that I unleash when I’m with my family that isn’t so sweet or benign.  So…

    read more
    Catharine Griffin

    You May Also Like

    Easter Day Massacre–When prayers go unanswered

    April 22, 2019

    Homogeneity is Easy (But Unity’s Better)

    September 12, 2020

    When Did “Good Workers” Get Labeled as “Haters?”

    July 7, 2014
 Older Posts

Recent Posts

  • Abortion. A response to Culture; combatting fear with community
  • What’s Missing in Discipleship?
  • Come to Me
  • Lost in Translation: Are Women Really Missing?
  • 1 reason church leadership is out of order (and what to do about it)

Archives

Categories

  • Bock
  • Engage
  • Heartprints
  • Impact
  • NetBible
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
2022 © Bible.org
Ashe Theme by WP Royal.