Learning to Rest

By Ruth Burke The last two weeks did not go as planned. I was sick for an entire week. It started as a bad sore throat and got steadily worse. I’d love to say that when I realized how sick I was I took great care of myself. Unfortunately the opposite is true. I...

The Beginning of Us All – Teamwork

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.” How many of us know the names of the US teams who won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics?  I googled “US Olympic teams 2016” and found a Wikipedia entry...

The Beginning of us all – Blessed Work

28 God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.” 29 God also said, “Look, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the...

Mold In My Heart

By Ruth Burke I have a confession to make. There are parts of my shower that, until very recently, went weeks without being cleaned. I know – it’s horrible. I’d be hiding behind my hands right now if I didn’t need both of them to type. I have a small bathroom, with a...

The Beginning of Us All: Eve in His Image!

We began last week to talk about the story of creation set forth in the Bible; a story of our world created intentionally by God (https://www.renewingeve.com/the-beginning-of-us-all-a-series-of-meditations-on-genesis/.  In this story, our God made everything according...