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11:23, 16 May 2024 ‎To War, to Christ, to Glory (hist) ‎[9,592 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} What assassin better cloaks himself than Satan? He is a rumor whispered, a rustling of the bush, a cutthroat who leaves no witnesses. Everywhere he devastates, yet, sel...')
11:23, 3 May 2024 ‎Life Beneath a Sovereign Lord (hist) ‎[9,773 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ====''' How His Power Unleashes Us '''==== Some truths about God we receive into our minds as we might receive a houseguest, expecting them to behave nicely and genera...')
11:59, 29 April 2024 ‎The Unimpressive Path to Immortality (hist) ‎[11,226 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} I knew a man who walked away from Jesus because he did not know what to do on Friday nights. When unbelieving, he knew exactly what to do. As a Christian, he wasn’t s...')
11:35, 26 April 2024 ‎When Elders Disagree (hist) ‎[9,773 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info|When Elders Disagree}} ====''' A Pathway for Pastoral Conflicts '''==== How should fellow elders of the same church navigate dissent, discord, and differences? In th...')
11:28, 26 April 2024 ‎Be Ready to Speak of Jesus (hist) ‎[9,454 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ====''' Evangelism as Spiritual Warfare '''==== On my desk sits a book with a dark image on its cover: a Christian soldier stands alone, surrounded by spiritual enemie...')
11:59, 25 April 2024 ‎No Suffering Is Unseen (hist) ‎[8,102 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ====''' Why Our Secret Pain Really Matters '''==== What is the point of suffering in obscurity? That question haunted me for years. I wondered if there was any purpos...')
13:04, 12 December 2023 ‎Rediscovering the Joy of Writing (hist) ‎[15,560 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ====''' Six Lessons for a Lifelong Habit '''==== Once upon a time, you loved to write. Maybe as a child you spent hours in your room, scribbling imaginative stories. O...')
13:03, 6 December 2023 ‎‘Just Not Feeling It’ (hist) ‎[10,665 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info|‘Just Not Feeling It’}} ====''' How Routine Awakens Devotion '''==== “Not feeling like it.” In the daily pursuit of Christ, I fear no phrase has hindered me ...')
12:55, 5 December 2023 ‎Habits of Grit (hist) ‎[11,201 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ====''' Athletics, Grace, and the Christian Work Ethic '''==== Not many of us are farmers. Not anymore. And relatively few of us have served as soldiers in combat. But...')
12:42, 5 December 2023 ‎A Time for Courageous Love (hist) ‎[10,736 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} The Christian grandmother, talking with me about her daughter and grandson, was heartbroken. As her daughter unveiled her new life, beliefs, and rules, this grandmothe...')
12:55, 1 December 2023 ‎Comforting Lies About Suffering (hist) ‎[8,999 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ====''' Comforting Lies About Suffering '''==== ''' How the Prosperity Gospel Hurts People ''' I’ve been told that suffering cannot be God’s will for me. I’ve b...')
13:11, 29 November 2023 ‎‘Oh Slay the Wicked’ (hist) ‎[17,119 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <h4> How Christians Sing Curses </h4> Maybe you’ve had this experience while reading the Bible. You turn to Psal...')
13:00, 28 November 2023 ‎The Severe Kindness of Jesus (hist) ‎[9,607 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ====''' Hearing Mercy in His Hard Words '''==== Jesus has a popular reputation with many as a gentle, lowly teacher and healer who calls the sick, the shamed, and the ...')
12:50, 28 November 2023 ‎Marital Conflict for New Wives (hist) ‎[6,415 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} The early months and years of marriage are a time of significant change. Marriage involves at least one or both people moving to join as husband and wife under one roof...')
12:42, 24 November 2023 ‎Get Behind Me, Sluggard (hist) ‎[9,920 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ====''' Four Lessons Against Laziness '''==== If you look deep inside yourself, you may notice, to your dismay, the presence of a singularly unattractive creature. You...')
20:02, 22 September 2023 ‎A Faithful Man Who Can Find? (hist) ‎[8,741 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info| A Faithful Man Who Can Find? }} I first got to know the man who became my father-in-law when I began to date his beautiful, godly daughter. That was half his life ag...')
19:42, 13 September 2023 ‎A Leader for the Long Haul (hist) ‎[7,229 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ===='' The Legacy of Enduring Pastors ''===== Legacies are multigenerational. For good or evil, your influence has the potential to span generations, even eternity, im...')
20:04, 29 August 2023 ‎That Kind of Happy (hist) ‎[7,809 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} '''The Wide Eyes of a Psalm 1 Man ''' When I applied for seminary, I had the naive notion that I would graduate (after just four years) having essentially mastered the...')
19:11, 9 August 2023 ‎More Thrilling to Be Saved Than to Succeed (hist) ‎[8,661 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} '' Commencement Address | Bethlehem College & Seminary | Minneapolis''')
19:12, 28 July 2023 ‎Chapters of Mothering (hist) ‎[7,981 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ''''' How Reading Shapes a Child ''''' Some milestones in our children’s lives stick with us. I cannot forget teaching our children to read — a pleasure that conti...')
19:46, 27 July 2023 ‎Live for Days You Will Not See (hist) ‎[10,369 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} ==== The Beauty of Christian Legacy ==== Imagine that you receive a word from a trustworthy prophet. It begins hopefully enough: “You will live long and die in peace...')
20:12, 15 February 2023 ‎Good Leaders Are Easy to Follow (hist) ‎[8,702 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Shepherds Shape the Sheep''' If I let my 5-year-old have a can of Coke, a bag of Skittles, and half a dozen Oreos right before bed, I shouldn’t be surprised if ...')
20:06, 15 February 2023 ‎Every Marriage Needs a Mission (hist) ‎[9,840 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Steps for Husbands''' Our typical images of romantic, married love picture a couple facing each other, eyes locked in mutual affection. And for good reason. Ad...')
19:58, 15 February 2023 ‎Beneath the Mountain of Smoke (hist) ‎[8,838 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Recovering the Awe of Worship''' What happens every Sunday when the church gathers? We meet with God. Do such words still hold weight for you? Some of us arrive late...')
19:48, 15 February 2023 ‎The Resilient Mother (hist) ‎[7,489 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How We Bend Without Breaking''' Along the wooded trail behind my home, a birch tree arches in a graceful curve as it stretches across the pathway. It’s a veteran of...')
19:40, 15 February 2023 ‎Friends Who Fell Away (hist) ‎[9,172 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with ''''When Apostasy Comes Close to Home''' The memories, on most days, seem better left forgotten. Never has remembering sweet Bible studies tasted so bitter. Flashbacks of late-ni...')
19:40, 3 January 2023 ‎The Starving Eyes of Man (hist) ‎[8,904 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We Ache to See Glory''' The eyes of man were made for glory. His soul hungers for something worth seeing. This world is a war of spectacles. Man is a watching cr...')
19:25, 3 January 2023 ‎When Praying Hurts (hist) ‎[7,469 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Go to God in Suffering''' My desire to pray when I’m suffering can swing wildly in a single day — and sometimes within the hour. Through the severe trials ...')
19:08, 3 January 2023 ‎Born Between God and Man (hist) ‎[6,975 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Welcoming Our Long-Awaited Priest''' “Noël, Noël, Noël, Noël, born is the King of Israel” is a glorious refrain from a much-beloved Christmas hymn. And of cou...')
19:01, 3 January 2023 ‎The Pleasure of God in Ordinary Work (hist) ‎[7,381 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I wonder how many people in his day knew the apostle Paul as a guy who made and fixed tents. Surely many did. When he went to Corinth, he went to see Aquila and Priscilla...')
17:36, 3 January 2023 ‎We Call Him ‘Father’ (hist) ‎[8,443 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Privilege of Christian Prayer''' If you primarily think of God as your Father, and if you usually address God as ''Father'' when you pray, you have Jesus to thank...')
16:10, 9 December 2022 ‎A Rest for Any Restlessness (hist) ‎[8,341 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}If you could capture in a word what it feels like to live as a fallen human, far from Eden, what might you say? ''Sorrowful,'' perhaps, or ''broken''. ''Frustrating. Dark...')
15:58, 9 December 2022 ‎How to Care for the Brokenhearted at Christmas (hist) ‎[6,755 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}The more joys and sorrows I live through personally and see in those around me, the more convinced I am that Christmas — over any other season — tends to make life’...')
15:55, 9 December 2022 ‎The Secret Failure of Many Leaders (hist) ‎[9,383 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}They bought jeans already torn at the knees. The ambassadors from the great city left in haste to make peace with Joshua and his coming armies. But first, locals reported...')
04:35, 9 December 2022 ‎Honor an Old Face (hist) ‎[11,014 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Lost Art of Respecting Our Elders''' Moses, in the classic movie ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956), goes down to oversee the work of the Hebrew slaves. He does not ...')
19:18, 27 November 2022 ‎How to Care for a Pastor (hist) ‎[9,783 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Ways to Uplift Your Shepherds''' Like a viper from the bushes, the Amalek attacked Israel. The shores had not yet washed clean of Pharoah’s army, nor had the p...')
14:54, 21 November 2022 ‎How to Fail a Wife (hist) ‎[12,268 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning Marriage from a Bad Husband''' We might dismiss the first marriage as too extraordinary to be practically helpful. How could any ordinary sinful husband or w...')
14:35, 21 November 2022 ‎How Do I Pray from the Misery of My Sin? (hist) ‎[8,309 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Welcome back to the podcast. We have been doing this podcast for almost a decade now. And over those ten years there have been some moving pasto...')
14:25, 21 November 2022 ‎Can Christians Date Nonbelievers? (hist) ‎[11,099 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Of all the Christians who start dating a nonbeliever, how many of them planned to do so? I suspect few Christians set out to intentionally date (much less marry) a nonbe...')
02:44, 21 November 2022 ‎God Made the World for Worship (hist) ‎[14,669 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''His Glory in Individuals and Gatherings''' The ''individual'' human soul, rightly seeing the glory of Christ and rightly savoring the glory of Christ, is at the heart...')
02:24, 21 November 2022 ‎The Embattled Pastor (hist) ‎[9,476 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with ' {{info}}'''How to Navigate Conflict and Criticism''' <blockquote>“Your church lacks community.”</blockquote> <blockquote>“You botched caring for me during my husband’s...')
02:10, 21 November 2022 ‎How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners? (hist) ‎[22,359 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Godward Life Conference''' I want to begin with a story that I hope encourages the younger people among us, putting within you a passion to do something significant w...')
01:44, 21 November 2022 ‎Lead Me, O Lord (hist) ‎[10,026 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Ten Prayers for Christian Leaders''' ''Pastor'' is a strange and difficult calling. It’s strange because, to use the biblical metaphor, a pastor is a sheep to whom ...')
15:43, 18 November 2022 ‎Screen Sabbaths (hist) ‎[10,985 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Modest Proposal for a Digital World''' A few years ago, a group of cognitive and behavioral psychologists took five hundred college students, split them into three ...')
01:36, 14 November 2022 ‎Am I Ready for Ministry? (hist) ‎[10,853 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Many a man has asked the question, “Am I called to pastoral ministry?” And many a wise leader has counseled him to place the matter upon the three-legged stool of asp...')
00:58, 14 November 2022 ‎Why Don’t We Have Good Friends? (hist) ‎[11,958 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}How many close friends do you have in your life today? Take a minute and count them. Do you have more or less than you did ten years ago? One recent study confirms what ...')
00:46, 14 November 2022 ‎Can Cancer Be God’s Servant? (hist) ‎[8,690 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''What I Saw in My Wife’s Last Years''' In March, my beloved wife, Nanci, lost her four-year battle with colon cancer. All 54 years I’ve known her, Nanci loved Jesu...')
22:31, 6 November 2022 ‎The Indispensable Lives of Ordinary Christians (hist) ‎[7,193 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}If your circumstances were changed into the physical realm, you might depict it this way. You sit in the waiting room of the hospital, mindful that your case is not urge...')
22:25, 6 November 2022 ‎She Needs Truth (hist) ‎[7,261 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Hard Words Serve Women''' As an adult, the famous preacher Charles Spurgeon remembered hearing his mother pray for him and his siblings like this: <blockquote>No...')
03:10, 28 October 2022 ‎Messy, Late, and Happy (hist) ‎[8,622 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Survive Sundays with Small Kids''' Almost everything about having a young family works against a standing multiple-hour commitment on Sunday mornings. Just to...')
17:24, 26 October 2022 ‎Step One in Preparing to Suffer (hist) ‎[7,119 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''On Monday we looked at the topic of suffering — in particular, the divine design behind suffering. What is God doing inside of us when trials ...')
15:02, 17 October 2022 ‎Will My Spouse Be My Best Friend in Heaven? (hist) ‎[8,854 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Welcome back to the podcast on this Friday to close out the week. As you know, we get a lot of touching emails about marriage, like the one I’...')
14:34, 17 October 2022 ‎How Do People Shipwreck Their Faith? (hist) ‎[6,367 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''A new week begins on this fine Monday morning. Thank you for joining us. And the week begins with a humbling question about shipwrecking the fai...')
13:31, 14 October 2022 ‎Friend, You Can Be Ready to Die (hist) ‎[7,270 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Two Ways to Prepare Now''' Years ago I read somewhere that, during the Victorian era, people talked often about death, and sex was the taboo subject. By now we have f...')
20:46, 6 October 2022 ‎Our Children Need to See Weakness (hist) ‎[6,505 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}“Would you please, please come with me? I really want you to be there. All the other moms are going.” My daughter was pleading with me to volunteer at field day for ...')
00:10, 6 October 2022 ‎Fathering Future Men (hist) ‎[10,299 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Twelve Lessons from Four Decades''' We live in an era when it can be fashionable to be unsure what a man or woman is. It depends, the theory goes, on how you identify...')
20:59, 5 October 2022 ‎Give Me More of God (hist) ‎[9,974 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why Spiritual Intimacy Can Feel Elusive''' Deep in the heart of every true disciple of Jesus is a deep longing for more of God. But what is this ''more'' we desire? W...')
20:51, 5 October 2022 ‎Before You Begin to Mother (hist) ‎[7,107 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Lessons for Young Moms''' By the time I was 21, I had been thoroughly inoculated against any threat of marriage by the wistful comments of my married friends: ...')
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''. ''Hoping in his word''. ''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...')
02:31, 19 April 2022 ‎Lord, Let Me Die (hist) ‎[11,375 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Mercy for Those Tired of Living''' Over the years, I have talked with several Christians who have told me they wanted to die. They were of different ages and differen...')
02:21, 19 April 2022 ‎Pastor Your Own Heart First (hist) ‎[6,628 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Sentence That Saved My Ministry''' <blockquote>''Take heed to yourselves, lest you be void of that saving grace of God which you offer to others''.</blockquote> I ...')
02:04, 19 April 2022 ‎Some Kindness Stings (hist) ‎[9,335 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why Love Uses Hard Words''' A few months back, considering the heightened level of contention among some American Christians in recent years, I stumbled upon this gol...')
01:51, 19 April 2022 ‎The First Call to Worship (hist) ‎[9,601 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Twelve Attributes of God in One Verse''' In December 1968, as Apollo 8 orbited the moon, the voice of Bill Anders sounded back to earth with some of the most familiar...')
01:43, 19 April 2022 ‎My Cancer-Free Answered Prayer (hist) ‎[9,654 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Healed Our Little Girl''' Death is our mortal enemy — an enemy that Jesus defanged (Hebrews 2:14–15), and one day will utterly destroy (Revelation 21:4). ...')
01:36, 19 April 2022 ‎Sympathy Without Distress (hist) ‎[10,695 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Exalted Compassion of Christ''' “Only remember me,” Joseph requested, “when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh, and...')
01:22, 19 April 2022 ‎Mother Yourself Out of a Job (hist) ‎[8,952 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Nurturing Children Toward Independence''' Armed with passwords and last year’s tax forms, we gathered at the dining room table with my youngest son and his new wife...')
01:06, 19 April 2022 ‎The Love in His Grief (hist) ‎[7,689 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How the Spirit Responds to Our Sin''' You’ve done it again. Your conscience begins to stain. Here it is: that sin you vowed — ''you prayed'' — never to repeat. ...')
17:19, 18 April 2022 ‎The Prayer to End All Prayers (hist) ‎[8,684 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!'' (Revelation 22:20)</blockquote> The last prayer in the Bible is also one of its shortest — and yet it’s layered with hearta...')
17:04, 18 April 2022 ‎I Have No Good Apart from You (hist) ‎[6,109 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Prayer of the Satisfied Heart''' <blockquote>''I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you''.” (Psalm 16:2)</blockquote> In Psalm 16, Davi...')
16:54, 18 April 2022 ‎When the Dawn Seems to Die (hist) ‎[6,924 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Keeps Us from Falling Away''' Have you ever found yourself in a night so black that you nearly stopped hoping for morning? Some guilt feels so deep that yo...')
16:43, 18 April 2022 ‎Behold the Man Upon the Cross (hist) ‎[7,811 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A man is hanging on a wooden cross from stakes driven through his hands and feet. This is the most widely recognized and revered image in human history. Billions of peop...')
03:36, 11 April 2022 ‎What God Can Do in One Conversation (hist) ‎[9,472 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Recovering the Power of Personal Evangelism''' <blockquote>''Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?''” (Acts 26:28)</bloc...')
00:34, 7 April 2022 ‎Why You Have That Thorn (hist) ‎[7,353 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I have a “thorn in the flesh.” I don’t like it. I often wish I didn’t have it. At times I am exasperated by it. It makes almost everything harder, daily dogging m...')
00:10, 7 April 2022 ‎How Should We Live Today in Light of Heaven? (hist) ‎[2,301 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}We’re told that we are aliens and strangers in this world, and should be longing for a better country (Hebrews 11:13-16). However, that better country isn’t up in the...')
23:39, 6 April 2022 ‎Bible Reading Has Been My Life (hist) ‎[36,318 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Personal Reflections for Christian Fathers''' ''The following is a lightly edited transcript.'' <blockquote>We, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually...')
23:11, 6 April 2022 ‎The Joy of God in Us (hist) ‎[9,137 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why the Spirit Produces Happiness''' As we read through the New Testament, we encounter a unique connection between the Holy Spirit and joy. I’ll give you a few exa...')
19:33, 24 March 2022 ‎He Is, He Was, He Will Be (hist) ‎[8,977 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Adoring the Alpha and Omega''' “Who is this Son of Man?” From the moment he first appeared in the world, on a desperate night in a crowded town, Jesus has provoke...')
19:10, 24 March 2022 ‎The Most Stubborn Day of the Year (hist) ‎[8,983 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''Closed for Christmas''. No birth in history has changed the world like that quiet, unsuspecting night in Bethlehem. Two thousand years later, no day marks as many calen...')
18:51, 24 March 2022 ‎The Hardest Season of All (hist) ‎[9,560 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Fight for Joy in Winter''' As I walked briskly through downtown on a cold January morning, I asked my friend, a family lawyer, a typical small-talk question: ...')
18:33, 24 March 2022 ‎Caring for the Chronically Ill (hist) ‎[7,809 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}When you live in constant pain, or struggle with chronic illness, discouragement is just part of daily life. The simplest tasks can be exhausting. You consistently worry...')
18:21, 24 March 2022 ‎The Subtle Way to Waste Your Life (hist) ‎[9,311 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Confessions of a Sophisticated Sloth''' If you were told you had five years to live, would you live more in those five years than in the decades you might have had le...')
16:59, 24 March 2022 ‎Prayer Vocalizes Our Abiding in Christ (hist) ‎[16,535 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Today I want to try to help us experience prayer as the vocalization of abiding in Christ. When I speak of prayer vocalizing the experience of abiding in Christ, I have i...')
01:23, 24 March 2022 ‎Big Prayers for Everyday Motherhood (hist) ‎[8,351 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Motherhood’s rescue mission outside the gates of hell was supposed to look tidier. But here we are. One child has just yanked another’s hair. Sticky hands and messy...')
01:14, 24 March 2022 ‎The Difficult Habit of Quiet (hist) ‎[8,216 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}The habit of quiet may be harder today than ever before. Don’t get me wrong: it’s always been hard. The rise and spread of technology, however, tends to crowd out qui...')
21:54, 23 March 2022 ‎What Does a Faith Crisis Feel Like? (hist) ‎[11,622 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}At some point, many Christians experience unsettling doubts regarding their professed beliefs. Some Christians experience this more than others. The areas of our individ...')
15:50, 23 March 2022 ‎Live Closer to Home (hist) ‎[9,687 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Proximity Shapes Responsibility''' For most of human history, deciding where to devote your day’s attention was relatively simple. Imagine that you are Adam, w...')
15:15, 23 March 2022 ‎How Does God Lead Us in Daily Decisions? (hist) ‎[8,252 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''How do I follow God’s lead in my daily decisions? I know he’s my shepherd. He’s leading me. I think so. But how do I know if I am followin...')
15:00, 23 March 2022 ‎In Our Racial Differences, How Is Christ ‘All’ and ‘in All’? (hist) ‎[8,528 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Today we have a pair of solid Bible questions that, at first, don’t seem to be related, but they are. They’re united by Paul in Colossians 3...')
14:53, 23 March 2022 ‎God, Make Us Bold About Jesus (hist) ‎[9,174 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}It’s been said that the content of a prayer shapes the one who prays it, because we tend to pray what we love, and what we love makes us who we are. And this is not onl...')
11:37, 23 March 2022 ‎How do you avoid becoming insensible to the horrors of this world? (hist) ‎[1,671 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} '''How do you avoid becoming insensible to the horrors of this world?''' What comes to mind is the passage in Hebrews where it says "Remember those who were in prison,...')
02:57, 21 March 2022 ‎Kneeling Among Lions (hist) ‎[10,575 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning to Pray Like Daniel''' Tucked away in the book of Daniel, sandwiched between stories about fiery furnaces and lions on the one hand, and visions of statues, ...')
14:24, 16 March 2022 ‎The Strange Sounds of Praise (hist) ‎[8,865 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Sufferer’s Introduction to the Psalms''' The book of Psalms is a collection of 150 ancient Hebrew praise songs that were composed by numerous writers over hundred...')
14:18, 16 March 2022 ‎Mercy at the Bottom (hist) ‎[9,180 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jonah Leads Us to Our Knees''' Jonah is a fascinating case study in the mercy of God. He is a no-good, rotten man who resents God for his mercy. Jonah would rathe...')
02:10, 14 March 2022 ‎The Power of a Praying Mother (hist) ‎[8,621 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}If you follow the greatest men of God back to their beginnings, you will often find yourself in a hidden closet or lonely pew, where a mother kneels to pray. Look behind ...')
02:03, 14 March 2022 ‎You Don’t Have to Suffer Alone (hist) ‎[7,456 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}“You are not alone.” Just hearing those words when we’re in pain can cause a subtle shift within us, moving us toward hope where we had seen only despair. Sufferin...')
16:25, 7 March 2022 ‎As for Me and My House (hist) ‎[6,815 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Delightful Duty of Family Religion''' If you are a Christian man, I know something about you. I know you want more. You want more thrill in your walk with Jesus....')
15:56, 7 March 2022 ‎Will I Trust God? (hist) ‎[8,669 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Simple Prayer in a Desperate Moment''' Had you been there that very moment, watching from a distance, you wouldn’t have observed anything dramatic. I’m talking ab...')
15:49, 7 March 2022 ‎The Fruitful Empty Nest (hist) ‎[7,043 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Lessons for When the Kids Leave Home''' We hugged, said our goodbyes and “I love you.” He walked with us to the car, turned, and walked away. And as we sat there ...')
15:41, 7 March 2022 ‎Your First Years of Marriage (hist) ‎[9,309 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Three Lessons for Young Couples''' In many ways, we were a natural fit. My would-be husband and I both loved Jesus, studied his word, cherished worship through song, ...')
05:57, 2 March 2022 ‎Paralyzed and Blessed (hist) ‎[10,177 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''My Unlikely Path to Happiness''' When pain jerks me awake at night, I first glance up. If the digital display on the ceiling says only the second watch of the night, ...')
05:49, 2 March 2022 ‎I Trust Them with My Sins (hist) ‎[7,496 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Ways to Welcome Confession''' It’s not a long drive — just thirty minutes — but it’s an intense one. I’m always a strange mixture of anxious and excite...')
20:22, 7 February 2022 ‎Christmas with an Empty Chair (hist) ‎[6,769 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''When the Holiday Just Isn’t the Same''' My grandfather is no longer here for Christmas. I scarcely remember one without him, and yet now his absence is becoming th...')
20:13, 7 February 2022 ‎Desperate for Distraction (hist) ‎[7,898 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We’re Bad at Being Alone''' A slight breeze of discomfort blows a thought through my mind: ''What am I doing here?'' The room I’ve known for years suddenly ta...')
20:02, 7 February 2022 ‎When Doubt Eclipses Faith (hist) ‎[9,760 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Learning to Fight for Spiritual Sight''' In story after story, book after book, the Bible reminds us that no one is immune from deep, disorienting spiritual wrestling...')
19:55, 7 February 2022 ‎When the Troubles of My Heart Are Enlarged (hist) ‎[11,226 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I’m feeling my great need for God’s wisdom and guidance keenly these days. This has been a season of life where the Lord, in his wise providence, has been pleased to ...')
19:40, 7 February 2022 ‎A Man Among Men (hist) ‎[8,238 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why Friendship Is Worth the Fight''' Some 1,600 years ago, Augustine said, “In this world two things are essential: life and friendship. Both should be highly prize...')
19:31, 7 February 2022 ‎Labor to Give (or Take) No Offense (hist) ‎[8,331 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Since we live in a complex, highly charged, contentious historical moment, when cultural and political issues stretch and tear not only the social fabric of a nation, but...')
19:07, 7 February 2022 ‎Parable of an Unhealthy Soul (hist) ‎[9,351 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why ‘Faith’ Dies Without Action''' How do ''works of obedience'' relate to the free, unmerited gift of God’s ''grace'' in the life of a Christian? This has been...')
18:41, 7 February 2022 ‎Patience Will Be Painful (hist) ‎[10,456 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Love the Hard-to-Love''' Patience is a virtue we admire, and even aspire to, from afar. The closer it comes to us, however — the more it invades our schedule...')
18:20, 7 February 2022 ‎God Chose Your Mother-in-Law (hist) ‎[8,832 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Reasons for Wives to Lean In''' I met my future mother-in-law when I was barely 17 years old. Barb was warm and welcoming, and I instantly liked her. As a brand-...')
17:39, 7 February 2022 ‎Let Tragedy Find Us Living (hist) ‎[9,214 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A line in the book of Job detained me: “The thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me” (Job 3:25). The chief fear arrived. The one that kept him up...')
17:13, 7 February 2022 ‎The Light We Need to See (hist) ‎[8,161 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Christ Dispels Spiritual Darkness''' One recent early morning, I was reading Psalm 36 and savoring one of the sweetest doxologies in the Bible: <blockquote>How p...')
15:37, 31 January 2022 ‎The Harvest of Homemaking (hist) ‎[6,600 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I have been a homemaker for over eighteen years now, and I feel confident saying it is a difficult and demanding job. What is more, it is a job with a massive public rela...')
15:32, 31 January 2022 ‎Technology Cannot Replace Presence (hist) ‎[10,780 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why the Church Will Always Gather''' Here I sit, gentle reader, on one side of a screen in Sydney, Australia, with you (very likely) looking at another screen in some...')
15:19, 31 January 2022 ‎Holy Distractions (hist) ‎[8,348 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''When God Interrupts Our Productivity''' The ever-growing body of literature on productivity overwhelmingly agrees with what we all know by experience: interruptions r...')
15:07, 31 January 2022 ‎Fatherhood for Imperfect Dads (hist) ‎[7,376 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}My wife and I raised perfect children. By the time they were ten years old, they had memorized the New Testament. They came each morning to the family breakfast table wi...')
15:02, 31 January 2022 ‎In Love with the Life You Don’t Have (hist) ‎[6,789 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}The secret to happiness, some have wisely said, is to want what you already have. How many of us can truly say with C.S. Lewis’s character in ''Shadowlands'', “You k...')
03:15, 6 January 2022 ‎When Life Doesn’t Make Sense (hist) ‎[8,832 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}What do we do when life just doesn’t make sense? Illness strikes. A job is lost. Friendships fade. Uncertainty looms. Whether the gray-haired saint facing cancer or the...')
03:05, 6 January 2022 ‎Worthless Conversation (hist) ‎[7,378 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Weighs Our Words''' Some people have written bestsellers documenting their entrance into heaven. They claim to have died and returned to tell us what they saw...')
02:57, 6 January 2022 ‎The Healer of Bruised Reeds (hist) ‎[6,354 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Changes the World''' There are two opposite ways to change the world: our way versus the Jesus way. Our way is to get pushy, even violent. The Jesus way is ...')
02:51, 6 January 2022 ‎The God Who Brings Us into Everlasting Pleasure (hist) ‎[6,254 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Audio Transcript Well, it’s never a bad time to soak in the glorious truths of Psalm 16. And that’s what we are going to do today. This comes from a memorable sermon...')
02:36, 6 January 2022 ‎Our Tongues (and Fingers) of Fire (hist) ‎[8,936 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''What Words Reveal About Us''' In one very tense discussion with the Pharisees, Jesus uttered some of the most important words ever spoken about the importance of the ...')
02:25, 6 January 2022 ‎‘One Another’ Your One and Only (hist) ‎[8,230 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Overlooked Verses for Marriage''' What’s your favorite charge, or piece of counsel, you have heard in a wedding message? Any Christian minister who has performed a...')
02:09, 6 January 2022 ‎A Father’s Good Pleasure (hist) ‎[7,020 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A recent experience stirred in me a desire to share a word for fathers. I have fathers of younger children particularly in mind, those on the front end of their fathering...')
16:38, 4 January 2022 ‎Ten (More) Questions for a New Year (hist) ‎[7,282 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Two years ago, I wrote in “Ten Questions for a New Year” that the close of one year, and the beginning of a new one, is an ideal time to “consider your ways” (Hag...')
22:24, 29 December 2021 ‎Confessions of a Former People-Pleaser (hist) ‎[9,877 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Whoever you are, wherever you live, in whatever age you live, you either live to please man or you live to please God. And if you think it’s possible to serve both, you...')
16:25, 17 November 2021 ‎What Love Is Not (hist) ‎[10,557 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Ways We Avoid the Costs''' Is it strangely possible that love is both pervasive and yet endangered in our day? The label is certainly plastered, like bright yell...')
15:53, 17 November 2021 ‎Bless Those Who Hate You (hist) ‎[8,036 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you''. (Luke 6:27–28)</...')
15:44, 17 November 2021 ‎We Win the World with Singing (hist) ‎[11,208 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>What language shall I borrow to thank thee, dearest friend, for this, thy dying sorrow, thy pity without end? Oh, make me thine forever, ...')
15:28, 17 November 2021 ‎Food Rules (hist) ‎[8,721 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Reshapes Our Appetites''' A graduate student sits at a booth with friends, his second drink near empty. “Can I refill you?” the waiter asks. A mother see...')
15:04, 17 November 2021 ‎Take the Hill (hist) ‎[8,242 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Mission Brings Men Together''' The plot was, in most respects, suicidal. Jonathan, impatient with his father’s halting, snuck off to the Philistines’ camp, h...')
14:54, 17 November 2021 ‎Impatience Is a War for Control (hist) ‎[9,217 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Prepares Us to Wait''' Impatience is a dark and prevalent sin that we love to explain away. We were ''worn out''. We were ''busy''. We were ''distracted''. Th...')
14:40, 17 November 2021 ‎The Hardest Word to Obey (hist) ‎[7,375 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}The most morally beautiful, winsomely attractive command Jesus ever uttered also happens to be the most difficult to obey: <blockquote>You shall love the Lord your God w...')
16:26, 16 November 2021 ‎You Are Not Nothing (hist) ‎[9,274 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Ways to Pursue Real Humility''' I recently had the incomparable joy of visiting the Grand Canyon. Though ''visit'' isn’t quite the right word, I suppose. You d...')
04:59, 9 November 2021 ‎For God So Warned the World (hist) ‎[10,113 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How He Keeps the Ones He Loves''' If an old-time preacher, one who believed in uncomfortable realities like the wrath of God, human depravity, and divine judgment, ro...')
04:38, 9 November 2021 ‎Sin Is Not Who You Are (hist) ‎[6,817 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God''. (2 Corinthians 5:21)</blockquote> A great ...')
04:20, 9 November 2021 ‎Laziness Ruins Happiness (hist) ‎[7,365 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''What Makes Diligence a Virtue''' Most people do not want to be thought of as lazy — as a person averse to hard work. We all know laziness is a vice — a corrupting...')
19:42, 1 November 2021 ‎Live Like You’ll Live Forever (hist) ‎[7,036 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}The world makes its quiet but furious war against death, groping to live forever. Plastic surgery, obsessive fitness, compulsive dieting, pouring billions into scientific...')
02:27, 19 October 2021 ‎Every Father’s Calling (hist) ‎[8,991 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Nurture and Admonish''' We live in a perilous age. What Christian parents haven’t worried about the world they are sending their children into? Depravity is...')
02:18, 19 October 2021 ‎Moms Can Make Disciples (hist) ‎[9,624 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}After I had my first child, and all the more after I had my second, I wondered if I would be done with ministry until my kids grew up. I wondered how I could possibly fit...')
02:10, 19 October 2021 ‎Every Other Way Leads to Death (hist) ‎[7,499 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Why We Keep Sharing Christ''' A man sat along the road where one path broke into ten. A deep fog rested upon the land so no traveler could perceive each path’s end....')
02:00, 19 October 2021 ‎Beware the Anger of Your Soul (hist) ‎[10,046 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Restrain Ungodly Passion''' Every time we reread a great book, we inevitably get something new out of it. This isn’t because the book changes, but because we...')
01:51, 19 October 2021 ‎The Lord Gave and Took Away (hist) ‎[7,472 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Lessons on Suffering from Job''' My fourth miscarriage flattened me. I couldn’t believe it. I’d buried an infant son a few years earlier and was unprepared for ye...')
02:27, 28 September 2021 ‎The Illusion of Normal Days (hist) ‎[6,642 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Life as usual, many will come to realize, was never life as usual. When Christ returns, many will discover too late that they lived within a dream. Years came and years ...')
01:53, 28 September 2021 ‎The Rest Beyond Our Reach (hist) ‎[6,885 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Finding Refreshment in a Burnout Culture''' At the end of his life, my friend David leaned into Christ’s promise of rest. The hope he drew from that promise so comf...')
01:39, 28 September 2021 ‎God Never Makes a Mistake (hist) ‎[8,416 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''God never makes a mistake''.</blockquote> I vividly remember those words, a chapter title in Evelyn Christenson’s book ''What Happens When Women Pray''...')
14:21, 10 September 2021 ‎Ten Words That Changed Everything About My Suffering (hist) ‎[10,328 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''God permits what he hates to accomplish what he loves''.</blockquote> I remember it like it were yesterday. I was fresh out of the hospital, barely out o...')
18:42, 1 September 2021 ‎Help Someone Home to Heaven (hist) ‎[6,991 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Walk with the Wayward''' Richard and Andy worked in a factory outside a west Texas town. Andy’s new faith was growing, but he told Richard his drive home was...')
20:45, 6 July 2021 ‎The Confusing and Perfect Love of Christ (hist) ‎[10,528 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}My toddler has a little stuffed lamb. When you squeeze him, the lamb sings, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” ''Jesus loves me''. Words simpl...')
18:31, 6 July 2021 ‎Can I Follow My New Heart? (hist) ‎[8,174 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}“Why shouldn’t I follow my heart? If I am a Christian — if God has caused me to be ‘born again’ and has given me ‘a new heart’ — isn’t my new heart trus...')
18:24, 6 July 2021 ‎God, Make Me a Force for Good (hist) ‎[8,579 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}If you are a follower of Christ, God intends for you to be a force for good in this world. He intends for you not only to rejoice in Jesus’s good work for you, but to b...')
15:19, 16 June 2021 ‎Hope Makes a Broken Heart Bigger (hist) ‎[8,043 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{info}}Two years after he lost his son, you could tell he had changed. Death had stolen into his family and pierced him, shattered him, broken him. Yet gradually, haltingly, he c...')
15:12, 16 June 2021 ‎Devastating Mercy (hist) ‎[8,186 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Redeems Our Failures''' As simply worded as the Gospels often seem, the multidimensional Jesus we encounter in them is anything but simple. We can see this ...')
15:07, 16 June 2021 ‎We Seek a Better City (hist) ‎[9,505 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Liberating Power of Christian Hope''' Among the many hopes challenged, if not dashed, in the last year have been civic hopes. Perhaps we in Minneapolis have felt ...')
15:01, 16 June 2021 ‎Assume the Best of Others (hist) ‎[6,960 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Resilient Love in an Age of Suspicion''' I didn’t see the sin until I saw the effect it began to have on my wife. Once vivacious, childlike, radiant, she began to j...')
15:58, 9 June 2021 ‎‘You Did Not Choose Me’ (hist) ‎[8,586 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Awakened Me to His Sovereignty''' We’re told that “the word of God is living and active,” that it can cut through the complexities of our inner being ...')
15:48, 9 June 2021 ‎Who Might Find God in Your Suffering? (hist) ‎[8,759 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Do you feel prepared today to defend your faith in Jesus? If not, what would it take for you to feel ready? <blockquote>Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in you...')
15:25, 9 June 2021 ‎The Only Certain Hope on Earth (hist) ‎[8,680 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}“It is the hope that kills you,” as many English football (soccer) fans say. Is it not better to have low expectations instead of hoping your team will do well, only ...')
15:15, 9 June 2021 ‎If You Could See the End (hist) ‎[8,582 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''The Story God Writes in Suffering''' A strange grief crept upon me as the final ''Lord of the Rings'' movie came to an end. An unliterary man at the time, I watched t...')
14:59, 8 June 2021 ‎Waiting to Be Led (hist) ‎[11,343 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Four Steps for Discouraged Wives''' Submitting yourself to the leadership of another sinner is no easy task. As much as we may recognize the necessity of submission ...')
16:21, 1 June 2021 ‎When My Quadriplegia Ends (hist) ‎[6,987 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''What Makes Me Long for Heaven''' On the morning of my wedding, my helpers laid me on a couch in the church’s bridal salon to dress me in my gown. They heaved and sh...')
15:52, 1 June 2021 ‎How to Hear a Sermon Well (hist) ‎[10,606 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}No preacher, upon looking up from his pulpit, hopes to see what I saw mid-sermon one Sunday morning: a man in the last row, head tilted against the back wall, sleeping li...')
14:52, 21 May 2021 ‎Sometimes God Just Closes Doors (hist) ‎[4,627 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}For the last few years, my body has had a strange relationship with food. By strange, I mean terrible. Rather than providing nutrition, many foods provide me with small d...')
16:08, 20 May 2021 ‎Let the Little Children Come to Me (hist) ‎[7,384 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Invitation to the Weak and Needy''' Leaning against the hood of my car, I didn’t want the date to end. It was late, but the well-lit parking lot outside her apartme...')
16:03, 20 May 2021 ‎Our God Listens (hist) ‎[6,215 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}You have been invited to speak to the God of the universe, the Almighty. Not just the mightiest, but the ''all-mighty''. All power is his, and under his control. And he i...')
15:46, 17 May 2021 ‎You Have Need of Endurance (hist) ‎[7,194 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A few months ago, I met a friend for breakfast. When I asked him how he was doing, he answered, “I’m enduring.” If his response doesn’t sound remarkable, it’s ...')
15:06, 17 May 2021 ‎When the Ground Gives Way (hist) ‎[6,753 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into ...')
20:06, 13 May 2021 ‎Mothering at the End of Me (hist) ‎[5,563 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I entered motherhood with certain expectations. I thought I would be happier than I was, and I thought mothering would come more naturally and easily. I still loved being...')
20:02, 13 May 2021 ‎To All Who Need Rest (hist) ‎[8,344 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Jesus Welcomes the Weary''' Life is hard. There is so much that makes us feel weary: our vocational labors, our parenting labors, our ministry labors, our relatio...')
22:21, 12 May 2021 ‎The Strange Task of Witnessing About Light (hist) ‎[5,096 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Witnessing about light is a strange task if your aim is for people to see the light and believe in the light. Light illumines by itself. When you want someone to see a li...')
02:24, 11 May 2021 ‎Salt, Suffering, and Satisfaction (hist) ‎[3,605 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Try this interpretation of what it means for Christians to be salt. I suggest that being salty as a Christian means at root being so profoundly satisfied by Christ as ou...')
02:11, 11 May 2021 ‎‘Love What Others Have’ (hist) ‎[9,479 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}One day, as Jesus was teaching, a man in the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me” (Luke 12:13). Now, if we had been in that...')
01:59, 11 May 2021 ‎Young Mom, You Can Read the Bible (hist) ‎[7,770 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}When I was 12 years old, the Bible came alive to me. I remember staying up late to read it under my covers. I would take it along with me wherever I went, stealing time t...')
01:51, 11 May 2021 ‎Whoever You Are, Christ Can Be Yours (hist) ‎[6,206 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Few lies have kept more sinners from coming to Christ, whether for the first time or after a terrible fall, than this one: I am an exception to the promises of God. You ...')
15:44, 26 April 2021 ‎Honor the Parents God Gave You (hist) ‎[11,843 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.'' (Exodus 20:12)</blockquote> Why might G...')
15:33, 26 April 2021 ‎You Are Still a Mother (hist) ‎[8,916 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''To the Woman Whose Baby Has Died''' In March of 2016, our daughter Leila Judith Grace died at 39 weeks and 4 days in the womb. She was stillborn four days later. My h...')
15:23, 26 April 2021 ‎What Are Angels Doing Today? (hist) ‎[8,672 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''What are angels up to today? It’s a great question, and it comes to us today from an anonymous listener to the podcast. “Pastor John, hello ...')
15:10, 26 April 2021 ‎Four Ways God Leads His People (hist) ‎[3,951 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} I see at least four methods that God uses to leads us in his will. I put them in four "D’s" to help me remember them. '''1) Decree:''' God sovereignly decrees and de...')
15:02, 26 April 2021 ‎If We Don’t Love, We Won’t Last (hist) ‎[8,139 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Overcoming Offenses in the Church''' <blockquote>Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21)</blockquote> When Paul wrote these words to ...')
14:07, 20 April 2021 ‎Be Diligent to Enter God’s Rest (hist) ‎[15,364 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>Therefore, let us fear lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. . . . Since therefore it rem...')
16:12, 19 April 2021 ‎The Sweet Grief of Repentance (hist) ‎[5,249 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise''. (Psalm 51:17)</blockquote> I can still see the mom...')
04:22, 19 April 2021 ‎Will I Ever Change? (hist) ‎[6,727 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Fresh Hope for the Spiritually Stuck''' Years ago I got stranded with a few friends and strangers in the elevator of a tall building. We waited for help to arrive, ch...')
04:05, 19 April 2021 ‎God Has Not Forgotten You (hist) ‎[6,996 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}“God has not forgotten you.” As I heard those words, I was flooded with emotion. I hadn’t realized how much I needed them. As tears streamed down my face, I unders...')
02:06, 13 April 2021 ‎God’s Promise for the Disappointed (hist) ‎[5,793 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Maybe you have longed for healing, for a job, for a baby, or for a wife. You have faithfully and earnestly prayed for weeks and months — even years. But you are still s...')
02:55, 12 April 2021 ‎Do Not Despise the Day of Small Things (hist) ‎[7,330 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Christians worship a big God with a big mission that will one day reach this whole big world. Yet for all of his bigness, our God has a remarkable love for the small. He ...')
02:49, 12 April 2021 ‎Direct Your Heart (hist) ‎[6,692 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}“Follow your heart” is a familiar phrase — essentially a pop cultural ''creed'' — representing a belief that our heart is a kind of compass that will lead us to t...')
20:31, 25 March 2021 ‎We Cannot Cling to Bitterness and God (hist) ‎[7,687 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''Forgiveness''. Even the word can make us bristle. Past wounds instinctively spring to mind, making forgiveness feel impossible (or at least unnatural). What feels natur...')
20:19, 25 March 2021 ‎The Most Lavish Promise of God? (hist) ‎[7,624 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Immeasurable Joy in the Ages to Come''' From eternity past to eternity future, the purpose of creation and providence has been, and always will be, the communication ...')
20:01, 25 March 2021 ‎The Hidden Ministry of Homemaking (hist) ‎[6,904 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''What I Learned from Elisabeth Elliot''' Today I attacked the kind of cleaning chores that I envision other more diligent and domestically devoted women doing all the ...')
19:43, 25 March 2021 ‎You Cannot Please God and People (hist) ‎[11,437 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Five Remedies for the Fear of Man''' People-pleasing is a well-worn scheme and trap of Satan. If we think people-pleasing began with self-esteem training, the toleran...')
19:22, 25 March 2021 ‎Aim All You Have at Heaven (hist) ‎[9,369 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Inspires Ambitious Generosity''' If we do not learn ''how'' to lay up treasures in heaven, we will inevitably settle for the treasures of earth — and miss o...')
19:06, 25 March 2021 ‎Holiness Begins in Intimacy with Jesus (hist) ‎[7,753 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}As I wrestle sin and fight for faith, I sometimes wish the pursuit of holiness came with some kind of equation. <blockquote>([X minutes of Bible reading] + [Y minutes of...')
15:31, 23 March 2021 ‎How to Redeem a Wasted Life (hist) ‎[7,813 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A flower that never bloomed, fruit that never ripened, a womb that never bore, an egg that never hatched: a wasted life. Perhaps little time remains to say and do what y...')
15:23, 23 March 2021 ‎Will You Praise Him While You Wait? (hist) ‎[5,252 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. (Psalm 13:5)</blockquote> If faith is the beating heart of a Christian’s...')
15:19, 23 March 2021 ‎You Don’t Need to Understand Now (hist) ‎[7,626 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Jesus spoke many profound and important words to his disciples the night before his crucifixion. But there’s one statement we might easily pass over, because of the con...')
18:51, 19 March 2021 ‎On the Possibility of Saying "I Love You But I Don't Like You" (hist) ‎[4,857 bytes] ‎Pcain (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} '''The Opinion, v10 n2, pp. 5-7 ''' In the fall of 1967 when winter was about to make its entry into northern Illinois I received a revelation that “Love is not ...')
15:03, 15 March 2021 ‎Texts to Pray for Our Children (hist) ‎[2,784 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Recently a good friend shared with me these verses that he and his wife have prayed for their two daughters (now teens) since they were babies. I find them very helpful a...')
18:48, 11 March 2021 ‎Jesus Was Never Too Busy (hist) ‎[2,409 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Sometimes I pretend I don't have time. All the tasks on my to-do list are incredibly important. I'm too busy to answer that email. Too busy to help my neighbor—anyway,...')
18:23, 10 March 2021 ‎Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven (hist) ‎[8,703 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Of all the misconceptions we have about heaven, which is the most destructive? That’s a difficult and important question to tackle. Once, while preaching about the new...')
18:17, 10 March 2021 ‎Submission Is a Wonderful Weapon (hist) ‎[8,577 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I was a submissive person before I got married. I was a go-with-the-flow sort of gal. Laid back. Easygoing. If others had an opinion about something — like what activit...')
16:05, 5 March 2021 ‎Set Your Mind on Things Above (hist) ‎[10,417 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Live Heavenly Minded''' Set aside, for a moment, the day’s pressing tasks. Hush, if you can, the hopes and desires that rushed upon you the moment you awoke....')
15:53, 5 March 2021 ‎It’s Okay to Be Hopeful (hist) ‎[7,731 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Our church begins each Sunday gathering with a strange word of welcome: to the burdened, to the mourning, to the weak. Worship isn’t just for the cheerful and hope-fill...')
15:35, 5 March 2021 ‎Wrap Truth in Story (hist) ‎[7,440 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How to Capture a Child’s Heart''' “Dad, tell us what happened when you got married.” “Mom, can you tell me how I was born?” Have you noticed that kids wan...')
15:31, 5 March 2021 ‎Why Do You Want to Go to Heaven? (hist) ‎[7,884 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}While I was attending a class at church in my twenties, we took up the topic of heaven — what it will be like and why we would want to go there. I distinctly remember t...')
15:26, 5 March 2021 ‎The Sin of Doing Nothing (hist) ‎[9,052 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I have often failed to recognize, let alone withstand, the temptation of loving my life in this world. This shows itself not in the great acts of sin I commit, but in the...')
02:43, 1 March 2021 ‎5 Helpful Prayers (hist) ‎[1,168 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Here are 5 “Ds” that I have made part of my daily prayers: Whatever it takes, Lord, give me... *'''Delight''' in you as the greatest treasure of my heart. <blockqu...')
02:32, 1 March 2021 ‎What Can I Say to My Christian Friend Who Just Got Engaged to a Non-Christian? (hist) ‎[2,636 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''What can I say to my Christian friend who just got engaged to a non-Christian?''' You make sure that she know...')
04:40, 11 February 2021 ‎9 Ways to Pray for Your Soul (hist) ‎[1,698 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Here are some ways to pray for yourself so that you're praying in sync with the way God works. '''1. For the desire of my heart to be toward God and his Word.''' <block...')
04:35, 11 February 2021 ‎Swords Are for Killing (hist) ‎[1,616 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}In New Testament times swords were not for digging, shaving, or whittling. They were for killing. The only reason Peter cut off Malchus’s ear was that he missed (John 1...')
04:26, 11 February 2021 ‎How Can I Know If My Repentance Is Genuine? (hist) ‎[5,838 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''I'm afraid I've committed the unpardonable sin. How can I know if my repentance is genuine, or if it is just m...')
04:06, 11 February 2021 ‎Jesus' Unbelieving Brothers (hist) ‎[4,178 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Do you, like me, have family members who do not believe in Jesus? If so, we are in good company. So did Jesus. And I think this is meant to give us hope. According to t...')
03:57, 11 February 2021 ‎What Were Some Practical Things You Did to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking? (hist) ‎[2,483 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''What were some practical things you did to overcome your fear of public speaking?''' Well I suppose not every...')
03:35, 11 February 2021 ‎A Marriage Advice Moment with John Piper (hist) ‎[1,101 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A staff member at Bethlehem asked Pastor John what one or two main things he wants to say to an engaged couple in premarital counseling. His answer is relevant for marria...')
02:39, 11 February 2021 ‎It Was the Preached Word That Saved Me (hist) ‎[1,510 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}It seems that God has indeed designed that the inspired Word of the Bible become uniquely powerful by passing through a Spirit-filled person on the way to make a dead hea...')
15:46, 10 February 2021 ‎Is It Okay for a Christian Couple to Live Together If They Aren’t Married? (hist) ‎[1,710 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''My daughter and her live-in boyfriend have become saved and are repentant. They want to get married now, but o...')
15:42, 10 February 2021 ‎How Can I Break Free From an Addiction to Entertainment? (hist) ‎[2,533 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''I believe I do love Jesus, but most of the time I'd rather spend time being entertained than spend time in God...')
15:39, 10 February 2021 ‎How Not to Read a Parable (hist) ‎[1,809 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}In the parable of the tenants, the owner of the vineyard finally sends his son to collect the fruit that the tenants refused to give to his servants. The tenants had beat...')
15:38, 10 February 2021 ‎Do You Ever Doubt Your Devotion to Christ? (hist) ‎[2,653 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''Do you ever have doubts about the sincerity of your devotion to Christ? If so, what do you pray and where do y...')
15:35, 10 February 2021 ‎One Reason God Created Singing and Poetry (hist) ‎[776 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}In the ''Religious Affections'' Jonathan Edwards ventures this explanation of why there is song and poetry. <blockquote>And the duty of singing praises to God, seems to ...')
15:33, 10 February 2021 ‎Do I Have to Confess My Sin to Another Person in Order to Be Forgiven? (hist) ‎[2,216 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''Is it possible to be repentant and forgiven for something without telling anyone you did it? Or is confession ...')
15:29, 10 February 2021 ‎Sitting Where Angels Stand (hist) ‎[553 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}What’s more impressive than standing in God’s presence? Sitting—and doing so at the right hand. An angel said to John the Baptist’s father: “I am Gabriel, who ...')
15:26, 10 February 2021 ‎Exposing the Idol of Self-Glory (hist) ‎[4,350 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}The love of our own glory is the greatest competitor with God in our hearts. And sometimes we can cloak this idol in a pious disguise. In Matthew 21, Jesus unmasked such ...')
15:56, 9 February 2021 ‎Strong in Another’s Strength (hist) ‎[1,721 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Laziness is not the alternative to living in your own strength. Paul talks about being strong in the strength of another. *Ephesians 6:10: “Be strong in the Lord and i...')
19:02, 4 February 2021 ‎Walk in His Providence (hist) ‎[7,869 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How God Opens Doors for You''' When the master in Jesus’s parable gave talents to his servants and went away, two got busy multiplying their master’s money, and o...')
18:49, 4 February 2021 ‎‘Whoever Is Ashamed of Me’ (hist) ‎[8,317 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Call to the Quietly Christian''' The blush of embarrassment, the reddening cheek, have you ever wondered at the power of it? Our lives, when all is done and told, c...')
18:42, 4 February 2021 ‎Meaningful Lives in a Purposeful World (hist) ‎[8,455 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How Providence Changes Everything''' In order to live with real hope in this world, you must have a view of reality that can bear the weight of reality. What do I me...')
17:07, 29 January 2021 ‎Is It Possible to Be Angry and Not Sin? (hist) ‎[3,004 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''Scripture exhorts us, "Be angry and do not sin." How is this possible, and what sort of things should we becom...')
17:04, 29 January 2021 ‎Is It Okay to Use Musical Instruments In Worship? (hist) ‎[2,325 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''Why do some people believe that churches shouldn't use musical instruments? Why is this wrong?''' There's a v...')
17:01, 29 January 2021 ‎How Long Will This Last? (hist) ‎[2,991 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A couple years ago I shared my experience of enduring a spiritual storm, a crisis of faith. Since then I’ve had the privilege of corresponding with numerous precious sa...')
16:57, 29 January 2021 ‎Before You Tweet Criticism: Six Considerations (hist) ‎[9,281 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Social media has become an inferno of insults and anger. And sometimes even professing Christians add to the rage without thinking about the foo...')
03:02, 29 January 2021 ‎Fear Not (hist) ‎[1,534 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>''And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people''' (Luke 2:10).</blockquote> The ...')
01:55, 29 January 2021 ‎Find a Friend to Wound You (hist) ‎[5,898 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Have you ever been shocked to life by the words of a friend? Recently, I was working out with a friend when I shared that my prayer life was dry, time alone with God was...')
20:03, 26 January 2021 ‎Lean into the Hill (hist) ‎[8,378 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''A Runner’s Lesson for the Christian Life''' Sometimes I wonder if the apostle Paul might have been a runner. Running is a curiously common theme in his sermons and...')
19:54, 26 January 2021 ‎The Proverbs 31 Man (hist) ‎[10,409 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}By a delightful stroke of God’s providence, the English language bears witness to a husband’s job description in the very word ''husband''. For a husband is a man who...')
19:47, 26 January 2021 ‎Anxious About Nothing (hist) ‎[8,513 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''How the Promises of God Calm Our Fears''' As the horrible scene unfolded before me, my worst nightmares threatening to become reality, I held my baby boy — born jus...')
18:55, 22 January 2021 ‎Will You Wake Up a Christian Tomorrow? (hist) ‎[9,821 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}There are two ways that God’s children could conceivably fail in the Christian life. One is for us to turn away from God. And the other is for God to turn away from us....')
16:56, 20 January 2021 ‎Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go (hist) ‎[8,688 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I have six kids, ages seven to seventeen, and I believe that few callings are as high as shaping them to see and savor the beauties of Christ and to love the nations as h...')
16:48, 20 January 2021 ‎Your Testimony Isn’t About You (hist) ‎[5,508 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}We live in an age of narcissism. It is the era of self-actualization, the relentless race to perfect the self. ''Time'' magazine reported in 2013 that “Narcissistic pe...')
16:35, 20 January 2021 ‎Lay Aside the Weight of Thanklessness (hist) ‎[5,964 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}“Heavenly Father, please let me know your will. I really need to know what you want me to do about . . .” ''This is my will for you'': “Give thanks in all circumst...')
16:26, 20 January 2021 ‎Lord, Help Me Know Right from Wrong (hist) ‎[6,565 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Discernment is sorely needed today. It always is. But more of us are keenly aware of the need right now. Playing out on the biggest political stage in the world, the elec...')
04:05, 12 January 2021 ‎One of My Heroes... (hist) ‎[1,312 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}…is my big brother, Jim. He has been since I was young. Being five years older than me, he was always the epitome of what it meant to be big. But when he was in colleg...')
04:01, 12 January 2021 ‎10 Reasons to Pray the Scriptures (hist) ‎[1,983 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Here are some of the reasons you should pray and meditate over biblical truth. '''1. Biblical truth saves.''' <blockquote>Take heed to yourself and to your doctrine; ho...')
03:55, 12 January 2021 ‎Death Is Not the End (hist) ‎[8,095 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''WHAT WE STILL AND WILL BELIEVE''' “And they lived happily ever after. The end.” That’s a common way to end a story that begins “Once upon a time.” We call ...')
03:46, 12 January 2021 ‎All Who Believe Battle Unbelief (hist) ‎[9,468 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}“I believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). This plea — this prayer — of a desperate father, who was interceding to Jesus on behalf of his afflicted child, expres...')
04:21, 8 January 2021 ‎Obeying God Will Make You Wise (hist) ‎[9,336 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}When our children were small, our days consisted of almost constant instructions and routines. Naptime came after lunch. Beds had to be made, and teeth had to be brushed...')
03:11, 30 December 2020 ‎Amazing Grace in the Wreckage of Adultery (hist) ‎[1,732 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (o)
02:51, 30 December 2020 ‎What Would You Say to a Christian Going Through a Mid-Life Crisis? (hist) ‎[1,791 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''What would you say to a Christian going through a mid-life crisis, someone who feels like they've totally miss...')
20:52, 29 December 2020 ‎The Hardest Time of Year (hist) ‎[6,673 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}The Christmas season carries heavy expectations. Expectations that often more closely resemble Hallmark images than the quiet expectancy of celebrating Christ’s birth. ...')
20:44, 29 December 2020 ‎9 Ways to Know the Gospel of Christ Is True (hist) ‎[4,446 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''1. Jesus Christ, as he is presented to us in the New Testament, and as he stands forth from all its writings, is too single and too great to have been invented so unif...')
20:41, 29 December 2020 ‎5 Ways Sin is Serious (hist) ‎[2,883 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}In Psalm 51, as he laments and repents of his adultery with Bathsheba and his murder of Uriah, David confesses at least five ways that his sin is extremely serious. '''1...')
20:36, 29 December 2020 ‎When You Don’t Feel Like It, Take Heart (hist) ‎[2,639 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Did you wake up not feeling like reading your Bible and praying? How many times today have you had to battle not feeling like doing things you know would be good for you?...')
14:51, 22 December 2020 ‎What Are Some Ways I Can Encourage My Mentor? (hist) ‎[1,776 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''As a young Christian I am often encouraged by an older mentor. I find it difficult to know how to encourage hi...')
14:47, 22 December 2020 ‎Why Should I Want to Be a Christian? (hist) ‎[2,887 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''Why should I want to be a Christian?''' All of our wants are either toward something or away from something, ...')
14:44, 22 December 2020 ‎Hope for "Older Brother" Types (hist) ‎[1,629 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Someone asked a great question in response to my post last week on Simon the Pharisee: <blockquote>Much like the two sons in the prodigal son story, how necessary is it ...')
01:27, 21 December 2020 ‎Can You Bear Uncertainty? (hist) ‎[4,040 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Uncertainty is a difficult thing to bear. We want to know where the provision is going to come from or if we’re going to die of this disease or how this child is going ...')
01:20, 21 December 2020 ‎Is It Important to Have Your Parents' Blessing in Marriage? (hist) ‎[1,641 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}''The following is an edited transcript of the audio.'' '''Do you think it's important for children to have their parents' blessing on their marriage?''' Yes. Important...')
16:29, 10 December 2020 ‎The Days of Darkness Will Be Many (hist) ‎[2,393 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}One thing the Bible ''doesn't do'' is describe life in this world as utopia. It gets unfairly criticized for encouraging a pessimism that makes people passive about doing...')
16:24, 10 December 2020 ‎God, Make Us Desperate! (hist) ‎[2,622 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A few days ago I listened to a sermon by a man who is preparing to lead a missionary team that will plant itself into one of the least reached nations in the world. The ...')
16:00, 10 December 2020 ‎Broken Bone Hymns (hist) ‎[5,757 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}It’s a bit of a strange word picture, the kind that causes you to wonder and to feel just a bit uncomfortable. But it says volumes about what you need and about what it...')
15:56, 10 December 2020 ‎Love Warns, Love Rebukes (hist) ‎[6,384 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}I really wasn't very thankful and I should have been. My mom was very consistent and persistent in doing two things with me again and again; ''warning'' and ''rebuke''. ...')
15:52, 10 December 2020 ‎Hearing the Gospel Again and Again to Be Overcome (hist) ‎[1,331 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}1 Corinthians 15:1-5: <blockquote>Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being s...')
15:50, 10 December 2020 ‎Serving: A Distraction to Listening? (hist) ‎[1,719 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away f...')
03:37, 10 December 2020 ‎We Are Not So Reasonable (hist) ‎[2,026 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers…[and] went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them. (Judges 2:12)<...')
03:28, 10 December 2020 ‎Fight Sin Like a Victor, Not a Victim (hist) ‎[8,858 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Audio Transcript''' ''Don’t fight sin like a victim of sin; fight sin like the victor over sin you are in Christ. That’s the punchline of a powerful sermon clip s...')
15:22, 9 December 2020 ‎How to Harm a Heavy Heart (hist) ‎[6,529 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}'''Loving Sufferers Begins with Listening''' I still struggle with what to say to my friends who are suffering. I wish I had the perfect words, the most applicable vers...')
01:53, 4 December 2020 ‎When You Aren't Sure What to Do Next (hist) ‎[4,348 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Jesus guides us in many different ways. Sometimes he makes the next step clear as day. Other times, like Peter discovered in John 21:1-14, it feels like we’re left to m...')
01:47, 4 December 2020 ‎One Way a Small Church Is Blessed (hist) ‎[1,814 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}A true story and an example to emulate. . . . Kristina (my niece) is a young woman with a complicated life. She was born with a rare genetic disorder that resulted in ...')
01:38, 4 December 2020 ‎Of Kids and Christmas (hist) ‎[6,709 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}One of the serious responsibilities of parenthood is pulling off Christmas. If you have a little posse of kids you already know what I am talking about. Weeks and weeks o...')
01:29, 4 December 2020 ‎An Unwed Teen with an Unplanned Pregnancy (hist) ‎[2,220 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}There is a murderous logic to those who advocate aborting children with disabilities. It goes something like this: *People with disabilities suffer in this world. Aborti...')
01:24, 4 December 2020 ‎Blessed Is She Who Believed (hist) ‎[2,208 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}}Mary was “blessed among women” (Luke 1:42). She received the singular holy gift of being the mother of our Lord (Luke 1:43). God the Son dwelled inside of her body in...')
01:21, 4 December 2020 ‎A Year-End Prayer for Weary Waiters (hist) ‎[2,692 bytes] ‎Kathyyee (Talk | contribs) (Created page with '{{info}} <blockquote>“''But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son''” (Galatians 4:4).</blockquote> Jesus, you came in "the fullness of time." But how ...')

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