Author Archives: LauraMac
Sunday Soaking: Learning Contentment
I am not saying this because I am in need, forI have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Learning from Hard Things (with an Intro to S.O.A.P. Study)
It was good for me to be afflictedso that I might learn your decrees.Psalm 119:71 Many of you are already familiar with the S.O.A.P. method of Bible study. The letters stand for Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer. First developed by … Continue reading
Mary Heart / Martha Home: Fresh Cherry Pie (and Congrats to Major Drew)
During these hot, sunny days of August, many of us enjoy the long-anticipated fruits (and vegetables) of laboring in our gardens. The things we grow make our meals both beautiful and delicious, and prompt us to worship the creativity and … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Let Us Listen and Learn Together
Assemble the people—men, women and children,and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your Godand follow carefully all the words of this law.Their children, who do not know this law,must hear it … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Learn to Revere the LORD
When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests. It is to be with him, and he is to read … Continue reading
Mary Heart / Martha Home: Laura’s Easy & Delicious Apricot Chicken (Plus, Our ‘Do It!’ List)
One of the monthly tasks on our ‘Do It!’ List is checking the pantry shelves. When Laura completed her most recent pantry inventory, she discovered a lone envelope of onion soup mix that needed to be used up. Her solution? … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: Know Any Thirsty, Hungry, or Lonely People?
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,I was a stranger and you invited me in…Matthew 25:35 Jesus identified three human needs His followers can help meet: Hunger … Continue reading
Sunday Soakiing: What Are You Thirsty For?
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,for they shall be filled.Matthew 5:6 Both the NIV (above) and the KJV use the word filled when translating Matthew 5:6. If you are familiar with this passage (part of the Sermon … Continue reading
Sunday Soaking: God Provides – Then and Now
You gave your good Spirit to instruct them.You did not withhold your manna from their mouths,and you gave them water for their thirst.Nehemiah 9:20 Nehemiah looks back at the history of his forefathers in the wilderness and remembers God’s provision … Continue reading
Mary Heart / Martha Home: Freezing Garden-Fresh Green Beans
Fresh vegetables, straight from the garden, are one of the blessings of summer time! Produce just tastes different when the time between picking and eating is so brief. When a friend offered her bumper crop of green beans to anyone … Continue reading