by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 15, 2014 | Christmas, giving, God's heart, God's love
I remember well how my sister, Karen, wanted a bicycle so much one particular Christmas. And a beautiful bike was waiting near the Christmas tree on that special morning. All of us could see the bike, but for some reason, Karen couldn’t see it. She kept opening...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 13, 2014 | Christmas, courage, faith, faithfulness, fear of man, glory to God, hope, lies, surrender, Trust
You may be reading the Christmas story again this season, but have you stopped to think about God’s definition of “favor”? Let’s review.The angel arrives in front of Mary and proclaims,”Greetings, favored one! The LORD is with...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 10, 2014 | atheists, doubt, encouragement, lies, Trust, truth, witnessing
I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach when we concluded our phone conversation. Even though I’d had the opportunity to tell my friend about the Gospel, I was crushed to think of the way I’d done it. Why did I not ask more questions instead of...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 7, 2014 | Christmas, humility
When I recently read Kenneth E. Bailey’s book, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels, I was fascinated that he proposes some different ideas about our favorite images of the Nativity. For instance, he suggests that the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 4, 2014 | beliefs, dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, lies, self-protective sinful strategies, stress, temptation, trials
In our final contrast of Lewy Body Dementia with “spiritual” dementia, we’ll look at “Don’t Make Me Suffer.”As a part of her disease, Audrey had hallucinations that people and things were spraying her with water, even toxins. Before...
