by Kathy Collard Miller | May 17, 2010 | God's heart, marriage, motives, parenting
As I talk to women at parenting seminars or at women retreats, when I suggest something like a discipline technique to train their child or a “make marriage better” idea, I frequently hear, “I tried that, it doesn’t work.” When we try...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 24, 2009 | God's heart, knowing and understanding God, Raphael
Because of my back surgery, we’ve had to be careful allowing my 2 1/2 year old grandson Raphael near me. Yet, he doesn’t realize that he can’t climb all over me and yesterday he ran toward me fully intending to jump onto me. We all had to yell,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 5, 2009 | God's heart
I drove into the church’s parking lot to deliver our valley’s Christian newsletter to a church new to me. There in the parking lot were two signs by the parking spaces closest to the front of the church. “Reserved for Pastor ____” and next to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 3, 2009 | God's heart, knowing and understanding God
Today, I finish my month-long study of Micah. It’s been a rich treat. Tomorrow, I’ll head back into the New Testament to study 1 Corinthians.As I studied Micah 7, verses 18-19 really spoke to me:Who is a God like you, (The Message writes this: Where is the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 20, 2009 | caregiving, faithfulness, God's heart
HERE’S AN UPDATED AND EXPANDED VERSION OF YESTERDAY:Someone has said that if you know how to worry, you know how to meditate. Both are mental methods of rehearsing something–either fearful (worry) or good (meditation).As I’ve been studying Micah and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 19, 2009 | caregiving, faithfulness, God's heart
Someone has said that if you know how to worry, you know how to meditate. Both are mental methods of rehearsing something–either fearful (worry) or good (meditation).As I’ve been studying Micah and other minor prophets (and throughout the Bible), I’m...
