Each Friday, I’ll post links to 3–5 resources from around the web you may want to check out.
Scattered
Melissa Edgington writes about being scattered in motherhood. I’m sure all parents can relate!
One thing I know about motherhood is that it never stops pressing me into my Savior’s side, whether I run to Him with a crushing hug of gratefulness and praise or I fall into His arms in desperation or even a longing for what used to be but isn’t anymore. While my family shifts and changes around me, Jesus stays right where’s He’s always been. When I’m scattered, He gathers. When I feel shaky, He reminds me there’s solid ground beneath my feet. When I’m teary-eyed in the kitchen, He fills my mind with good things. And when my children strike out into the world, He gets into the boat with them.
Five Myths That Keep You From Reading the Institutes
Have you read John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion? (I haven’t!) Anthony Faggiano thinks that some people resist reading this influential book because they have believed myths about it, and he’s here to correct those misconceptions.
I expected dry. What I found was closer to binge-worthy; I’d reach the end of a chapter and find it almost impossible not to begin the next. Six months later I had worked through the whole thing slowly enough to underline the key points, which turned out to be more than half the book.
Grave
Our poem of the week: Grave, by Kate Bluett. This poem puts the raising of Lazarus and the resurrection of Jesus together in the mind of one of the disciples. The last line is wonderful!
On the WPCA Blog This Week
This week on the blog we published an article I wrote called 10 Truths About the Holy Spirit from Romans 8. If you haven’t already seen it, check it out!
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