“Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Thy faithfulness is unto all generations; thou hath established the earth, and it abideth. They continue this day according to thine ordinances; for all are thy servants. Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine…
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“Whosoever cometh to me and heareth my sayings and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: He is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock; and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house and could not shake it, for it was…
Did I tell you about my sweet potato vines in the window?
”If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shall thou delight thyself …
You know it’s spring when you start looking for rhubarb recipes.
When I hear someone sing beautifully or see beautiful art, I am mesmerized as these are not gifts that I feel I possess.
“But speak thou the things that become sound doctrine: That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, charity, patience. The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; that they may t…
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It …
And after a one-year hiatus for the pandemic, Jerry and Nancy Hess are ready to fire up the fish fryer this afternoon.
This month’s article is a feature from my intern, Kenny Kolke, an interdisciplinary health sciences student at the University of Illinois. This month, he chose to write about eating healthy.
“Beloved, think not it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as thou some strange thing happened to you, but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for …
My new campus home is lovely, but I’ve been feeling more and more adventurous.
My husband recently celebrated his second pandemic birthday.
“Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. I have taught thee in the ways of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. Take fast hold of instruction; let he…
“As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after t…
“For thou, Lord, art high above all the earth; thou art exalted far above all gods. Ye that love the Lord, hate evil; he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in th…
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my …
I’m settling in to my new home in China.
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with al…
”And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words which I command thee this day shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and…
I recently received a small bag of caramel hard candies for my birthday. They went straight to my baking shelf — I love to try new things with caramel flavors and wondered how I could repurpose them.
“The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his …
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which though hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spi…
Kelly Daly: 'I will not lie — it is so exciting and so scary at the same time.'
When my bees leave the hive for the first time, they take an orientation flight, spiraling up to get the lay of the land, climbing to view from all directions.
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