Jillian Reay-Smith
Unboxed
You may have experienced, as I have, the ‘big box’ Christmas prank. A huge wrapped box is presented amid a chorus of “what can it be?”,...
Elise Heerde
Strengthened in the Shaking
Ever felt like everything in your world was shaking? Like it was all about to come crashing down? The struggles seem never ending and the...
Tamie Davis
More Than You Can Handle
We all know those times when someone says something nicely to hide a harsher meaning, like when someone says, “That’s a very brave...
Moyra Dale
TGI 60 or Sixty with Terminal Cancer – what’s to be thankful for?!
TGI Friday (Thank God it’s Friday) is an American restaurant chain operating around the world. A little while ago I had a Thank God I’m...
Moyra Dale
God and True Motherhood
Asma Barlas suggests (in implicit contrast with Christianity) that Islam is not a theological patriarchy, because the Qur’an rejects...
Nicolie Coleman
The Liar and the Lover
I wrote this almost ten years ago, and just found it again. Perhaps God knew that even though I'm in a different season, fighting...
Tamie Davis
The God I Don't Like
Jonah doesn’t come across that well in the Bible. He is the prophet who is disobedient, running in the opposite direction when God calls...
Jillian Reay-Smith
A Prayer for Women
(image from Wonder Woman 2017, Warner Bros) You probably saw the Wonder Woman posters earlier this year. I loved one in particular. In...
