Fifty-one years ago the Supreme Court handed down the ruling banning directed prayer in public schools. Today our schools are a miserable failure. Forty years ago the Supreme Court made abortion on demand the law of the land. To date, 156 million babies never had the privilege of seeing the light of day. On June 26, 2013, that same court took another step down the slippery slope by giving the nod for same sex couples to enjoy the same benefits…
As of today, we’re waiting for the proof copy of Family Favorites from the Heartland: Recipes Sure to Please. Perhaps tomorrow . . . .Then we can proceed to publication. Hopefully it will be available on Amazon.com by next week.
Over a year and a half ago, Ardythe Kolb and I decided to write a 365 day devotional. We have been friends and sisters in Christ for over 40 years. We divided the project this way: I sent Ardythe the scripture and the ending prayer, then she wrote the devotional and sent it back to me. I formatted it and in November 2012 we published it. Near the end of the year I helped her write some of the devotionals….
The TV ad from Nebraska Furniture Mart blasted, “It’s Father’s Day. All your dad wants is love and respect.” I’m glad we take a day to honor fathers. Dads are supposed to be God’s representatives of His fatherhood to us. Our Creator desires love and respect from us just as our earthly fathers do. As I look at the world around me, I don’t think we do that at all. This week, our state legislature passed laws to ensure that…
I am more convinced every day that we must be living in some kind of bizzaro world. Hopefully one day we’ll wake up and say, “Whew! What a wild dream!” This past week I stood in a line at Wal-Mart at the pharmacy. Below the gum to help people to quit smoking and beside the antacids I noticed a box. The price stamped on the package in large letters was $129.00. Then I noticed it was marked down to $26.99….
I got the call from a fellow chaplain in Texas as I settled into a seat at my writer’s group last Friday. “Could you please make a call on Mr. Bennett’s* grandmother in Paola, Kansas?” “Sure,” I said. “But it will be a while. I’m over an hour away.” “That’s all right. Just so you see her by this afternoon. According to the nursing home personnel, she’s suffering from heart failure. They’ve called in hospice.” “Will do.” “Mr. Bennett is…
This week as I listened for the Lord’s direction for the blog I heard the word pride. That attitude is the opposite of humility. Last week I mentioned II Chronicles 7:14 which instructs us to humble ourselves before God in order for Him to heal us. I checked out the 55 times the word pride appears in the New American Standard Bible to see what God had to say about pride. There is the pride of power which brings God’s…
Jason Collins, an NBA basketball player came out this week announcing he was gay. He’s featured on the cover of Newsweek Magazine. It’s reported his Twitter account has thousands of new followers. President Obama called to congratulate him. There is a missing voice in all this. The Creator of the Whole Universe. The One Who Loves Him Best. The One who laid down very specific instructions both in the Old and New Testaments about homosexuality, among other subjects. Is anyone…
I’m considering a fourth God’s Little Miracle Book. The other three each have 27 true inspirational stories of how God intervened in the lives of every-day people. Do you have a story I might write for this fourth book? If so, please contact me through my website at www.SallyJadlow.com for consideration.
At the beginning of this week I had a dream. I don’t usually remember them unless the Lord has a message. In this particular one, I stood on a narrow road heading up from a low valley. There were people behind me still in that low place. A small avalanche began on the opposite hills. It didn’t look terribly menacing but I began to urge the people walking behind. “Come up higher! Come higher! Quickly!” A jogging man turned to…