Tag: family
What June Means to Me
I think June is my favorite month. I love mornings in June. Birds are singing earlier and earlier, and the breeze is cool and brings with it the scents of grass, dirt and flowers. In the evenings, one can drive with the windows down and take in the perfume of honeysuckle growing alongside the road.… Continue reading What June Means to Me
Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany: an Exegesis of John 12:1-8
INTRODUCTION ORIENTATION AND CONTEXT Significance of Text Love, honor, and devotion are all played out in an account in the Gospel of John spanning only eight verses. It begins in the first verse of chapter 12 as a dinner given in honor to Jesus. Lazarus is alive again and sits at table with Him, Martha… Continue reading Jesus’ Anointing at Bethany: an Exegesis of John 12:1-8
Happy New Year?
Are you glad 2020 is over? Do you feel different since the calendar changed to a new year? Have you made goals for 2021, or are you stuck in the thing you didn't finish from last year? "New Year, New You," the Bible app said. Meanwhile, some folks are just getting to celebrate Christmas with… Continue reading Happy New Year?
Perspective
Dinner could not get done soon enough for me. I was hungry. All I'd had for lunch was a few bites of ice cream. But, the hamburger was thawing from frozen, so my husband couldn't hurry it. If I had eaten something more substancial for lunch, I wouldn't have been so anxious. My husband wasn't… Continue reading Perspective
Autumn Update
Is there anything more precious than listening to your children sleep? Even breaths, quiet snores, long moans. They are growing up on me, and I'm wishing I could slam on the brakes. Yesterday, I had to sit out in the waiting room while my 12 year old got a root canal. When she texted to… Continue reading Autumn Update
Don’t Faint, Pray
I didn’t want to get out of bed this morning. After pulling on my jeans, teeshirt and houseshoes, I poured a cup of coffee, wrapped up in a blanket on the couch and wished I could just read all day. “I don’t want to adult today,” I told the cat. He just crawled up onto… Continue reading Don’t Faint, Pray
Shannon Wells 