I gave two writings to you and the first one is my story about my adorable pet Otis! I love animals and I wanted to write about my animal named Otis!I had too give up Otis because I had too move away. It’s a sweet story to read if you’re an animal lover! The second writing is titled WHY? It’s a fun writing about questioning why? You have too read this story too get what I mean! I hope that you like what I wrote and that you please leave me feedback please? Since good criticism can only make you a much better writer. I don’t mind good and bad comments because I take it good criticism!

I loved deeply—and still had to walk away. This essay explores romance through the lens of faith, obedience, and the cost of choosing God when emotions say otherwise.

In the struggle between the physical and the spiritual, we often mistake our own endurance for our own strength. These two pieces explore the same battle from two different lenses: the prophetic 'big picture' and the raw, first-person testimony of standing under divine protection.

"In the struggle between the physical and the spiritual, we often mistake our own endurance for our own strength. These two pieces explore the same battle from two different lenses: the prophetic 'big picture' and the raw, first-person testimony of standing under divine protection."

Finality of Death Rather Than Conscious Afterlife Experience In preexilic Israel, there was no conception of a future resurrection; death was considered final and people were cut off from the living and from God. According to Psalms 6:5, people in Sheol remember nothing—not even God. This contrasts sharply with New Testament teachings about conscious existence after death, active torment in hell, or reward in heaven. For the Hebrews, returning to dust meant the end of conscious existence.

First look at little Bright a young deer just wanting to live a life of thanks to God for every blessing, though the good and hard times. While his Two brothers see no need to be thankful for things they view is of their own will.

I used to read this parable and think about hearts. Rocky hearts. Thorny hearts. Good soil hearts. Then I started gardening. Now I think about the actual soil. How I’ve planted seeds in ground I didn’t prep and watched them struggle. How weeds have choked out plants I neglected. How the good harvests came from soil I took time to nurture. Jesus used farming metaphors because his audience understood them. They lived it. They knew that good fruit doesn’t come from shortcuts. We’ve lost that connection. But when you work the land, the parables come alive. The Kingdom of God makes more sense with dirt under your nails.

Update and apology on going m.i.a after posting my 1st note. I started a stream, posted 1 note and then didn’t come back. At least that’s how it looked.

Many of the "weird" passages in the Bible (stories of giants, divine beings, cosmic conflict, and the supernatural) tend to be ignored or flattened into allegory because they don't fit neatly into the modern, rationalistic worldview most people inherit. Since Western culture has been shaped by Enlightenment thinking, anything that sounds too supernatural is often treated as symbolic to make it more palatable. On top of that, church traditions sometimes emphasize theological systems that prefer tidy categories, encouraging readers to smooth out passages that are hard to explain. As a result, instead of letting the text speak in its own ancient context, where a divine council, spiritual beings, and cosmic geography were normal, modern interpreters often reinterpret or dismiss these verses to avoid discomfort. Because these supernatural elements aren't taught clearly or taken seriously, our understanding of the Bible ends up incomplete and sometimes distorted.

Moses wasn't a missionary; he was a refugee. The standard Sunday school narrative suggests a prince of Egypt, steeped in the polytheism of the Nile, fled to a "backward" desert and brought the light of the One True God to nomadic sheep-herders. Text, and the archaeology, shows the exact opposite. Moses didn’t go to the desert to teach; he went to learn. He didn't bring God to the Midianites; the Midianites introduced him to the God of the Mountain.

This is an excellent bible verse because it offers direction in the way the Lord works. It directs the lost and heals the abandoned. To give hope and not superiority.

This verse is very important to friendship because a friend is one who is consistent in their time. One who does not lunge out in haste.

Meet the heart behind Rooted — where faith and homesteading grow together. An introduction to this space and an invitation to dig deeper.

There is a profound simplicity in the act of kneeling. In our fast-paced, digital world, the image of someone stopping their "walk" to simply talk to the divine feels both radical and deeply human. This poem captures that exact moment of transition—from the weight of a lonely journey to the lightness of being heard.

Trusting in the Lord is a very important part of faith. There should always be some systems. Flexing a faith muscle is an important task for overall health.

The question that a lot of people ask what is the point of living, and why are we here people seek solitude through religion or some through science. But this writer is also asking these questions like is god or are creator real are we just an accident we have to think about it. Is the bible man made

Over the holidays the diocesan EfM (Education for Ministry) Book Club is reading CHURCH TOMORROW? by Stephanie Spellers. This book is widely based on interviews with “Nones” and “Dones” regarding their faith journey. In preparation for reading and discussing Spellers’ book, I decided to interview myself using her four questions. Here are my answers.

The Chosen has taken the Christian media world by storm as the first multi-season TV series chronicling the life of Jesus Christ in first century Judea.

In this book I will go over the crucial details to debunk atheism. This book is for questioning christians, questioning atheists or even just for pure education for both christians and atheists.

The issue of the University of Notre Dame speaks to a larger issue with Catholic education in the United States. A nominalist approach- abstract ideas being reduced to names and slogans- and increasing conformity to the world.