When You Want to Be the Queen … But You’re Not

“So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them. But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,” –Mark 10:42-43 NLT Not long ago, I had a terrible airport experience. One of those times when you personally do everything “right” and yet it turns out all wrong. We arrived at the airport two hours early, as required. The lines were very long, and it took over an hour to get near to the counter where we could check our suitcases in. Because of the long delay, just as we were about to finally check in, the airport […] Read more »

June 2- Genesis 3

Introduction: Here we are, in our spring study!  And for Maine, now that it is June, our spring has finally arrived.  I kid, but seriously, our last freeze was the last week of April, so we have some catching up to do! The constant theme of my last year was, ‘but God….’.  It came up everywhere I turned.  And I thought, wow, I need to investigate this occurrence in the Bible, because if it’s happening to me, it is happening there too.  And wouldn’t you know it, there were tons!  So many expressions of ‘but God’, ‘but the Lord’, ‘but Jesus’.  Upon discovering that… I noted some of my favorites and decided I should investigate them.  And from there, a spring 2024 study was born! […] Read more »