Christmas Eve always means spending the day with Grandma and Grandpa Hromada and Aunt Karen. Grandma hasn’t stopped making clothes for Avery. It’s a good thing because Avery loves her handmade clothes. For Christmas, Grandma made this
After a few Christmas events with Chris’ family, it was time to celebrate with my extended family. This was only our second time seeing Obadiah. He was a little more cooperative for pictures this time. Granny and Obadiah, her umpteenth great-grandchild!
Where has the time gone?! It’s 3:00 on Wednesday afternoon, and I’m finally getting around to posting this week’s summary. This is our last lesson until after Christmas. I’m always amazed at how God gives me this break just when I
Abram and Lot approached one circumstance together. But they made two very different choices, resulting in positive and negative consequences. While traveling and living together, Abram and Lot’s herdsmen realized that the land couldn’t support everyone and everything. (And verse 7 tells
God asks a lot of us as believers. He often asks us to step out in faith and trust that His plan is best. This is what happened to Abram. God called Abram to pack up and move, to leave everything
Today is my birthday. It’s not just any birthday. It’s my 35th birthday. That means I’m halfway through my 30s. Ugh. I can’t believe I’m that old. Five years ago, I made a list of 30 things I’d like to
In our study, we’ve now reached the beginning of the story of Abraham. He is one of the great patriarchs of the Christian faith. We’ll spend the next several weeks discussing his life, which includes plenty of mountaintop and valley experiences.
Genesis chapters 10 and 11 are a turning point in the story of humanity. Chapters 1 to 11 are the wide-angle view of the beginning of the world. Chapters 12 to 50 move the focus to one family chosen by God
Noah and his family spent more than a year in the ark. When they left the ark, they saw a world that had changed dramatically. After experiencing a year full of God’s grace and mercy, a humble Noah built an
This year we thought Avery was old enough to try trick-or-treating. A few days before Halloween, we explained the concept and rehearsed. I stayed in a bedroom with the door closed. Then Avery knocked on the door. When I opened