Category Archives: Window on our culture

Wisdom Calls (Thursday)

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

Proverbs 9:11-12 (TLB) “I, Wisdom, will make the hours of your day more profitable and the years of your life more fruitful.” Wisdom is its own reward. Profitable days and a fruitful life–one would think I’d be zealously chasing … Continue reading →

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Wisdom Calls (Wednesday)

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

I don’t always appreciate Lady Wisdom’s advice. For example: Me: Look, blue shoes! I wonder if they’re comfortable. Lady Wisdom: Blue shoes, really? Me: I wear lots of blue. I could put them to good use. Lady … Continue reading →

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Wisdom Calls (Tuesday)

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

Proverbs 1:20-21 (MSG) Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts . . . In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. I visualize a Katharine Hepburn-like Wisdom, white dress and picture hat fluttering in the breeze, calling … Continue reading →

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Wisdom Calls (Monday)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

Proverbs 1:20 (ESV) Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice. It isn’t Wisdom I notice calling to me in the marketplace. What calls to you in the marketplace? Shoes–can’t have too many shoes … Continue reading →

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War and Peace (Friday)

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

2 Corinthians 13:11 (VOICE) Finally, brothers and sisters, keep rejoicing and repair whatever is broken. Encourage each other, think as one, and live at peace; and God, the Author of love and peace, will remain with you. I … Continue reading →

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War and Peace (Tuesday)

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

John 14:27 (NIV) Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. The world does … Continue reading →

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War and Peace (Monday)

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

It’s Armistice Day. Armistice: In Latin, arma (weapons) and statium (stopping). “Stop the war.” We honor . . . Our Veterans The end of the first World War The pursuit of peace and justice On the 11th hour … Continue reading →

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Trick or Treat / Blessings and Curses (Friday)

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

“God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.” Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

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Trick or Treat / Blessings and Curses (Thursday)

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

If all Christians whispered a blessing over every child they encountered this evening, it truly would be a holy night, a Hallowed Eve.

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Trick or Treat / Blessings and Curses (Wednesday)

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Shirlee Abbott

Me: Look at him: tough-guy swagger, droopy drawers, stone face. He’s trouble! God: Why are you cursing my creation? Me: What cursing? It’s the truth. God: The truth? Really? Look at him with my eyes. Speak blessing into his … Continue reading →

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