August, 2024 – He Knows Your Name
August! – my Birthday Month! (A-hem) years ago, I was named ‘Dawn Ellen Bean’. It came to me one day, though, that even though I thought of myself as just ‘Dawn’ – not everyone else did. My older relatives called…
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August! – my Birthday Month! (A-hem) years ago, I was named ‘Dawn Ellen Bean’. It came to me one day, though, that even though I thought of myself as just ‘Dawn’ – not everyone else did. My older relatives called…
Between my third and fourth years of college, I spent three months with missionaries on a beautiful, but poverty-ridden Caribbean Island. I’m sure living conditions have improved somewhat since I was there, but can you imagine having a piece of…
I had intended to write just those words ‘See Jesus on your journey’ to a precious struggling, Christian friend of mine one May morning. But, before I did, I knew that I needed to get into the Word – to…
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When my oldest son was little, he liked ‘having all his ducks in a row’ – things in their proper place – things identified. He was only three or four years old when he crawled up on his Papa’s lap,…
Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871) was a member of the Church of England. In later years, when she was not able to attend public worship, she wrote, “My Bible is my church. It is always open, and there is my High Priest ever…
I recently listened to a Documentary, “All About Jesus”. The film had to do with the Resurrection of Christ. Was it true? Was it fabricated? Was it to promote a self-serving ideology by the Roman Government at the time? To…
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I can never enter the month of February without thinking about ‘love’! Even if it weren’t for the copious greeting cards in our faces both online and in stores – all the candy directed towards Valentine’s Day – clothing on…
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I don’t know what the problem has been all these years, but I am SO not a Monday person! I feel like my brain always fell asleep over the weekend (though I was extremely busy with family, church activities, doing…
Cantata: a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment. Several years ago when my boys were young, my aunt and uncle invited us to enjoy their church’s Christmas…
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As a scientist, John, I know that you know infinitely more than I ever will (or could) about science and God ‘matching up’. I’ll never forget the message you gave at our church years ago in doing exactly that. I…
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