For the reader who has taken in years of good teaching and cannot recall a line of it, this looks at what feeding actually does in a body, and at the one verse where a writer who had just called a church slow turned around and said let us go on, and put himself in the sentence.
ElianaFolk wisdom, women's voice
Messages
Psalm 22:9-10
Quietly Reborn
Eating Slowly at the Mens Breakfast
Psalm 22:9-10
Matthew 20:12
Never Too Late
Adding Up the Working Years
Matthew 20:12
Psalm 25:14
Come And Ask
The Tailgate at Dusk
Psalm 25:14
1 Samuel 3:7
Quietly Reborn
The Hallway After the Meeting
1 Samuel 3:7
John 3:4
Come And Ask
The Last Sink of the Night
John 3:4
Hebrews 5:12
Fed And Growing
Twenty Six Years and Nothing to Hand Over
Hebrews 5:12
Psalm 103:13-14
Never Too Late
What He Taught His Sons
Psalm 103:13-14
Hebrews 6:1
Fed And Growing
Every Book on the Shelf
Hebrews 6:1
Colossians 2:20-23
His Doing
The Fast That Comes Back
Colossians 2:20-23
Psalm 25:7
Never Too Late
The Oldest in the Beginners Class
Psalm 25:7
Romans 9:16
His Doing
The Tally on the Drive Home
Romans 9:16
John 3:10
Come And Ask
The Third Floor at Three
John 3:10
Titus 3:5
His Doing
The Saturday Setup
Titus 3:5
Romans 8:26
Fed And Growing
The Room Waiting for Him
Romans 8:26
Joel 2:25
Nothing Wasted
The Photographs That Stop
Joel 2:25
Galatians 5:22-23
Made New
Two Oclock on a Friday
Galatians 5:22-23
Deuteronomy 29:29
Come And Ask
The Folder on Her Lap
Deuteronomy 29:29
2 Corinthians 3:18
Made New
Three People Ahead of Her
2 Corinthians 3:18
Isaiah 43:18-19
Nothing Wasted
The Name She Wrote on a Card
Isaiah 43:18-19
Zephaniah 3:17
His Doing
The Morning She Overslept
Zephaniah 3:17
John 3:3
Come And Ask
The Verb He Can Parse
John 3:3
2 Corinthians 6:2
Never Too Late
The Twenty Years Before This Year
2 Corinthians 6:2
Luke 15:31
Quietly Reborn
The Son Who Never Left
Luke 15:31
Acts 17:26-27
Nothing Wasted
Standing Between Two Rooms
Acts 17:26-27
Philippians 1:6
Made New
Two Years of Saturdays
Philippians 1:6
John 6:12
Nothing Wasted
The Photograph Above the Till
John 6:12
Matthew 20:9
Never Too Late
The Eleventh Hour Wage
Matthew 20:9
Exodus 4:2
Nothing Wasted
The Guitar He Threw Out
Exodus 4:2
Deuteronomy 6:7
Fed And Growing
The Question at the Counter
Deuteronomy 6:7
Psalm 90:14
Never Too Late
The First Page of a New Journal
Psalm 90:14
John 6:44
His Doing
The Same Aisle for Thirty Years
John 6:44
Proverbs 23:22
Nothing Wasted
The Word That Will Not Cover Her Mother
Proverbs 23:22
1 John 5:1
Quietly Reborn
Four Nights on the Third Row
1 John 5:1
John 4:10
Come And Ask
The Last Car in the Lot
John 4:10
2 Timothy 3:15
Quietly Reborn
Nobody Wrote Timothy's Down
2 Timothy 3:15
Psalm 127:2
Fed And Growing
Asleep in the Middle of Praying
Psalm 127:2
Mark 4:26-27
Made New
Slightly Kinder
Mark 4:26-27
Zechariah 4:10
Quietly Reborn
The Folding Chairs at the Back
Zechariah 4:10
1 Kings 19:12
Fed And Growing
The Potluck Table
1 Kings 19:12
2 Kings 2:13
Nothing Wasted
His Fathers Tools
2 Kings 2:13
John 3:12
Come And Ask
Stacking the Last Chairs
John 3:12
Mark 4:27
Made New
The Question Across the Counter
Mark 4:27
Psalm 127:1
His Doing
The Third Committee
Psalm 127:1
Ezekiel 36:26
Made New
The Page With Two Columns
Ezekiel 36:26
2 Timothy 1:5
Quietly Reborn
The Microphone Coming Down the Row
2 Timothy 1:5
Colossians 3:3
Made New
The Review He Runs on Himself
Colossians 3:3
Psalm 71:17
Quietly Reborn
When Did You Get Saved, Mommy
Psalm 71:17
2 Corinthians 5:17
Made New
The Yard He Has Not Fixed
2 Corinthians 5:17
Hosea 11:4
Fed And Growing
A Rusk at Soft Play
Hosea 11:4
Mark 5:19
Nothing Wasted
The Friends Who Stopped Calling
Mark 5:19
Hebrews 10:14
His Doing
The Ninth Time He Prayed It
Hebrews 10:14
John 3:8
Quietly Reborn
The Van Ride Home
John 3:8
Isaiah 61:3
Never Too Late
At Her Daughters Baptism
Isaiah 61:3
Ephesians 2:8-9
His Doing
Four Hundred and Eleven Days
Ephesians 2:8-9
Psalm 87:5-6
Quietly Reborn
The Line That Asks for a Date
Psalm 87:5-6
Ephesians 4:24
Made New
The Verse He Cannot Underline
Ephesians 4:24
1 John 5:11-12
His Doing
The Certificate in the Drawer
1 John 5:11-12
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
Made New
Everybody Elses Ledger
1 Corinthians 3:6-7
Psalm 63:6
Come And Ask
The Window She Keeps Private
Psalm 63:6
Luke 23:43
Never Too Late
The Years She Prayed
Luke 23:43
John 7:50-51
Come And Ask
The Half Written Sermon
John 7:50-51
1 John 3:2
Made New
The Same Boy You Always Were
1 John 3:2
Psalm 92:14
Fed And Growing
The Same Prayer Five Years Later
Psalm 92:14
John 3:9
Come And Ask
The Message She Keeps Deleting
John 3:9
1 Corinthians 7:14
Nothing Wasted
Her Grandmothers Hands
1 Corinthians 7:14
Psalm 71:18
Never Too Late
The Newest Person in the Room
Psalm 71:18
Mark 4:28
Quietly Reborn
Eleven Quiet Months
Mark 4:28
Psalm 8:2
Never Too Late
The Six Year Old Who Prays Better
Psalm 8:2
Psalm 139:11-12
Come And Ask
The Seawall After the Gathering
Psalm 139:11-12
Acts 16:14
Quietly Reborn
The Year in Testimonies
Acts 16:14
Luke 8:39
Nothing Wasted
The Worst Year as an Introduction
Luke 8:39
Matthew 20:6-7
Never Too Late
The Laminated Alphabet Strip
Matthew 20:6-7
Isaiah 28:10
Fed And Growing
Three Letters a Night
Isaiah 28:10
Exodus 35:35
Nothing Wasted
The Hands That Still Know
Exodus 35:35
Job 42:12
Never Too Late
The List of What She Should Have Known
Job 42:12
Joshua 4:6-7
Nothing Wasted
The Letter She Cannot Throw Away
Joshua 4:6-7
Romans 12:2
Made New
The Photograph From Ten Years Ago
Romans 12:2
Luke 10:41-42
His Doing
The Woman Who Cannot Sit Down
Luke 10:41-42
1 Peter 2:2
Fed And Growing
Nineteen Days Behind
1 Peter 2:2
Philippians 2:13
His Doing
The Ledger and the Writer
Philippians 2:13
John 21:22
Fed And Growing
The Cousin Who Passed Him
John 21:22
Galatians 3:3
His Doing
The Pen Over the Empty Box
Galatians 3:3
Isaiah 40:11
Fed And Growing
Eleven Minutes
Isaiah 40:11
John 3:2
Come And Ask
Last Out of the Building
John 3:2