Last week I was tasked with writing a devotion (a Bible reading/prayer/meditation plan) for a friend who is walking through the darkest days of her life so far. Actually, three of us would write a devotion, so that she would have three days worth of truth to focus on while she’s away on a tropical… Read More Soul Food
It was not surprising to me that this was her address when I saw the return label on her envelope about 14 years ago. #10 Strawberry Cove, Magnolia, Massachusetts. Of course that’s where she lives. It’s perfect. I couldn’t believe she had written me back. I reached out to Elisabeth Elliot, widow of Jim Elliot,… Read More The Saint on Strawberry Cove: Part 1
“My dear,” she said after a time, “have you a perfectly distinct, settled view of what Christ is to the human soul?” “I do not know. I understand, of course, more or less perfectly that my salvation depends on Him alone; it is His gift.” “But do you see with equal clearness that your sanctification… Read More Resisting Gifts & Retreat Rejoicing {Lent Day #12}