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(Latest | Earliest) View (newer 50) (older 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- 14:11, 20 September 2022 Be Comforted in Your Smallness (hist) [7,951 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Do you ever feel that you are carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders? That the responsibilities, duties, and burdens of life press upon you with their almost ...')
- 02:33, 12 September 2022 Meal Times Are God Times (hist) [6,095 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Cultivating Fellowship at the Table''' “Eating out is my love language” — that’s what I’d tell my husband in the early years of our marriage. I was a newbie...')
- 14:24, 9 September 2022 Escape from Every Temptation (hist) [8,565 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}If you’re old enough to read this, you are an experienced veteran of sinful temptation, having encountered it every day of your life since you began to discern right fr...')
- 15:33, 7 September 2022 Let God Decide What Mothering Is Worth (hist) [6,647 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}When I was a young mother with an overflowing stroller, accustomed to strangers counting my children aloud, I could not have been more aware that this particular kind of ...')
- 15:25, 7 September 2022 The Messy Home of Blessing (hist) [8,797 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Raising small children, as any parent knows, can be a little like trying to train an unruly herd of squirrels — on a small, motorless boat, during a mild-to-severe hurr...')
- 15:14, 7 September 2022 Someone Knows Your Pain (hist) [6,397 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Suffering Ties Us to Christ''' While I often shrink back when I think about future suffering, pain has consistently pulled me into the heart of Christ, an unforge...')
- 18:31, 2 September 2022 Original Sin Can Make Us Compassionate (hist) [7,457 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}What’s the most unusual holiday tradition in your family? One of the more unusual ones in mine is to eat haggis for breakfast the day after Christmas. As if the culinar...')
- 13:55, 15 August 2022 Our Gentle and Terrifying God (hist) [9,943 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Justice Holds Out Mercy''' Sinners rescued from the road to hell love to rehearse and celebrate the mercy of God. Where would we be today without mercy? Where wou...')
- 03:25, 15 August 2022 Take Time to Be Unproductive (hist) [8,633 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Busyness Can Waste a Life''' Søren Kierkegaard, a nineteenth-century Danish theologian and social critic, once wrote in his journal, “The result of busyness is...')
- 03:22, 15 August 2022 You Still Need Good Friends (hist) [7,720 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Few realities in human life are as captivating, fulfilling, and elusive as friendship. Most of us have tasted its deep and dynamic potential for good at some point along ...')
- 03:16, 15 August 2022 A Rest Sweeter Than Sleep (hist) [9,722 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Nighttime Prayer for a Troubled Conscience''' Occasionally, as I lie down to sleep, a restlessness bends over my bed. A vague uneasiness. A nagging sense of some tens...')
- 03:04, 15 August 2022 Are You Not Provoked? (hist) [8,505 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Jealousy of Godly Men''' I remember a line in the television show that men in the Poldark family were known for being “hasty, sharp-tempered, and ''strong in th...')
- 02:56, 15 August 2022 How Often Do You Think About Heaven? (hist) [8,500 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''Wait a minute. That can’t be right, can it?'' If you’ve taught the Bible a few times, you’ve had one of these moments. The construction of a biblical sentence ju...')
- 02:46, 15 August 2022 The Lost Awe of Majesty (hist) [10,669 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why I Love an Overlooked Attribute''' In 1977, California pastor Jack Hayford and his wife visited England during the Silver Jubilee (25th anniversary) of Queen Eliza...')
- 15:52, 10 August 2022 Put Your Anger to Bed (hist) [9,403 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Lessons for Young Couples''' “Don’t go to bed angry.” How many times have you heard some version of this marital proverb? Many bright-eyed couples hear it ...')
- 14:03, 10 August 2022 Slow to Anger (hist) [10,019 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Many of the most common troubles in the Christian life come from relating to God as if he were like us — as if his kindness were as slight as our kindness, his forgiven...')
- 13:55, 10 August 2022 Where Will They Learn to Work? (hist) [8,493 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Teaching Children a Lost Ethic''' Years ago, my husband and I met a retired sociologist in Ontario who had studied groups of immigrants now in Canada. He told us, “...')
- 00:33, 19 July 2022 Victory That Lasts (hist) [7,173 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Where to Begin Against Lust''' The racing heart, the watering eyes, the abrupt disinterest withering the world outside. The carnivorous appetite, the volatile urge. T...')
- 23:23, 18 July 2022 Tenacious Grace (hist) [7,886 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How We Become and Stay One''' When I was a kid in the seventies, we often sang a song at church events and camps with this lyric: <blockquote>We are one in the Spiri...')
- 23:06, 18 July 2022 To Men Who Want to Marry (hist) [8,640 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Prepare to Lead Well''' A few months into our marriage, it dawned on me: I was unprepared, as though I had studied for the wrong exam. Before our wedding, I ha...')
- 23:00, 18 July 2022 How Might Jesus Do Counseling? (hist) [10,985 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Roads into the Human Heart''' As one who consistently responds to other peoples’ suffering and sin, sometimes I find myself at a loss for what to say. Other ti...')
- 22:26, 18 July 2022 When Suffering Doesn’t Make Sense (hist) [8,364 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Suffering is largely a mystery to me. While God’s grace and presence have been unimaginably rich in my pain, I still don’t understand why particular believers who lo...')
- 22:20, 18 July 2022 If Your Brother Sins Against You (hist) [8,668 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Forgive and Let Go''' Have you also found that it can be much easier to pray for your own sins than to deal with others’ sins against you? With the first, w...')
- 03:29, 11 July 2022 Jellyfish Christians (hist) [9,421 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Costs of Thin Christianity''' It was a rousing mid-sermon rebuke — the kind to make you sit up in your pew. “Jesus, being made perfect,” the preacher conti...')
- 03:23, 11 July 2022 Why Is Christian Unity So Hard? (hist) [8,825 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Why is unity in the church so hard? If you’re like me, this question can prompt tears. Mentioning tears tells you I’m not talking about disunity in the church ''in g...')
- 03:16, 11 July 2022 When God Took Away (hist) [7,171 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''His Goodness in My Grief''' <blockquote>''Ofttimes the primary reason why godly men are called to suffer is for the sake of witness they may give to the sincerity of ...')
- 03:07, 4 July 2022 Conceited Motherhood (hist) [8,935 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Temptations Moms Face''' A pyrophobic firefighter. A book-averse librarian. A doctor who is grossed out by germs. We shake our heads at the thought of these liv...')
- 02:39, 4 July 2022 ‘In Faithfulness You Have Afflicted Me’ (hist) [9,546 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}The Bible’s most well-known and beloved declaration of God’s faithfulness might be Lamentations 3:22–23: <blockquote>The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;<b...')
- 03:22, 27 June 2022 Find a Storm to Stir You (hist) [8,259 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}Complacency falls softly, even pleasantly, on a sleeping soul. It’s the secret to its appeal and power over us. The complacent crave comfort, quiet, ease — an inner li...')
- 03:06, 27 June 2022 Do Not Fear to Leave This World (hist) [7,561 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Perhaps you will feel the same discomfort I felt overhearing saints of old speak of death. “He who does not prepare for death is more than an ordinary fool. He is a ma...')
- 03:00, 27 June 2022 Some Answered Prayers Hurt (hist) [7,820 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Some Answered Prayers Hurt''' Scripture tells us that “every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17). ...')
- 02:51, 27 June 2022 The Paradox of Christ for a Polarized World (hist) [7,719 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}We live in times of polarization and fragmentation. In many places, the ties that have historically bound societies together are coming apart. Our own society has been b...')
- 17:36, 6 June 2022 Our Best Life Yet to Come: The New Earth, Our Eternal Home (hist) [6,241 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Imagine you’re part of a NASA team preparing for a five-year mission to Mars. After a period of extensive training, the launch date finally arrives. As the rocket lifts...')
- 17:31, 6 June 2022 A Good Marriage Requires Work (hist) [2,273 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I keep thanking God for Nanci’s partnership and companionship in the gospel. I first heard the gospel from Nanci, and we discussed messages I was hearing at church and ...')
- 17:27, 6 June 2022 For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring (hist) [8,632 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Well, some Christians are dramatically saved out of a life of scandalous sin and have an amazing testimony of deliverance to share. Many other C...')
- 17:19, 6 June 2022 Submit Your Felt Reality to God (hist) [7,889 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A number of years ago, a counselor friend of mine introduced a simple and accessible concept that he regularly uses in his practice. He calls it “felt reality.” ''Re...')
- 17:09, 6 June 2022 How Do I Not Provoke My Children? (hist) [9,433 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Today we have a question all parents must answer for themselves. How do I not exasperate my children? It’s today’s question from a young dad...')
- 16:59, 6 June 2022 The Psalms Know What You Feel (hist) [6,142 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!'' (Psalm 150:6)</blockquote> The first and last psalms tell us a great deal about what G...')
- 16:53, 6 June 2022 The Other Great Parenting Books (hist) [8,326 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How the Best Stories Point Kids to Christ''' For the past two years, the realities of life in a pandemic have posed enormous challenges for parents. In the best cases...')
- 16:43, 6 June 2022 My Flesh and My Heart Did Fail (hist) [8,375 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning from a Health Scare''' Two weeks before Christmas, my heart stopped. Seated next to me in a congregational meeting, my wife sees me close my eyes and slump....')
- 15:46, 6 June 2022 Seeing Is Not Believing (hist) [8,994 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We Miss God in Daily Life''' Perhaps you’ve had unbelieving friends or neighbors tell you they will believe when they see God writing his message in the clouds....')
- 15:33, 6 June 2022 How to Watch for Wolves (hist) [12,171 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Signs of False Teachers''' When a wolf looks at sheep, what does he see? Food. His motivation for getting close to sheep is not to care for their needs or prote...')
- 14:01, 6 June 2022 How Did Jesus ‘Make Disciples’? (hist) [10,122 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}First, they worshiped him. Before Jesus gave them any tasks to be done, any commission to fulfill, any directions as to how they might, in some sense, carry on his work ...')
- 13:45, 6 June 2022 God Gives Our Waiting Purpose (hist) [7,079 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Waiting for the Lord''.<br> ''Hoping in his word''.<br> ''Watching for the morning''.</blockquote> Those phrases from Psalm 130 still bring me to tears. ...')
- 16:52, 16 May 2022 Stuck Between the World and God (hist) [7,342 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How I Almost Died in Indecision''' Some texts mark you for life. As Jacob, you grapple with them, and though you come away with a blessing, you leave with a limp. You...')
- 16:42, 16 May 2022 When My Mother Became Annie’s Mom (hist) [9,796 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Tribute to a Woman’s Great Love''' It’s one of my favorite memories of my mother, Marilyn. She’s standing on the platform in the sanctuary of Wayzata Evangeli...')
- 16:28, 16 May 2022 The Sacred Life of a Mother’s Mind (hist) [7,981 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Much ink has been spilled over the mundane days of motherhood — days, many seem to assume, full of mindless tasks and repetitive duties. While the job of mothering cer...')
- 16:22, 16 May 2022 The Beast I Become (hist) [9,169 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Bring Bitterness to God''' Sometimes, as you watch the hand of God’s providence draw some picture in your life, the pencil suddenly turns, and what you thoug...')
- 12:34, 2 May 2022 No One Knows My Pain (hist) [8,087 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Pride Hides in Suffering''' One of my dearest friends lost both parents to suicide. Her father died when she was a teenager, and her mother passed away more recen...')
- 12:27, 2 May 2022 You Have Put More Joy in My Heart (hist) [7,183 bytes] Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Some of the most life-changing verses in the Bible are those that come alive years after we first read them. We read them and pass over them, read them and pass over them...')
