May 18, 2016 | Weekly Words
I can tell you exactly how many words I can write in the Khmer script: twenty-seven. I’ve been studying the language spoken in Cambodia for just over five months now, and those twenty-seven written words—with curls to the left, squiggles on top, silent letters, and...
May 16, 2016 | A Monday Devotional
Trinity Sunday, May 22 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 Rom. 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 “Everything that the Father has is mine. That’s why I said that the Spirit takes what is mine and will proclaim it to you.” John 16:15 Trinity Sunday just begs to be...
May 13, 2016 | +This is What a Minister Looks Like
Each Friday Baptist Women in Ministry introduces an amazing minister, and this week we are thrilled to introduce Leigh Halverson. Tell us about your ministry journey–the places and ways you have served. I was fortunate to have been raised in a Christian home,...
May 11, 2016 | Weekly Words
Not long ago, I was chaplain to the father of a dying child. As he attempted to express his anger over the unfairness of the situation, a well-meaning family member stopped him, placed a hand on his shoulder, and said, “Now, it won’t do any good to get angry. And you...
May 9, 2016 | A Monday Devotional
Pentecost, May 15 Acts 2:1-21 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17 “Lord, show us the Father; that will be enough for us.” (John 14:8) The Bible isn’t built for sound-bytes. The Bible is a tapestry of teachings, a web of wondrous acts, a...
