In Ephesians 6:11, the Apostle Paul urges believers to put on the whole armour of God to stand against the wiles of the devil. This call to spiritual warfare is not to be taken lightly, as the enemy's schemes are cunning and relentless. True readiness to stand firm requires a deep, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, not just religious rituals. Let's delve deeper into what it means to stand firm in the face of spiritual battles.

You kneel, whisper sins you'll repeat by sunset, and call it confession—but God heard the lie before your lips moved, so tell me: is the confession for His forgiveness, or just your subscription to sin without the guilt?

This reflection explores breath as a sacred marker of belonging, weaving lived experience and Angela N. Parker’s book “If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I?” It names how many women live with “stifled breath” and unvoiced questions in spiritual spaces that constrict the lung of our souls rather than expanding them. This essay also introduces Womanist Theology, a tradition rooted in the real lives of Black women. Readers are invited to notice where their own breath feels tight or free and imagine Parker’s “redemptive self-love” in a grounded acceptance that honors one’s story as holy.

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.

The Parable of the Stepfather I was talking to my son’s stepfather. We get along fine; there is no enmity or bitterness between us. There is a bit of tension, though. It’s not the tension one normally associates with the ex’s new guy vs. the old guy. It’s religion. Now, we aren’t talking about some fundamentalist extremist here. The guy has a pretty mild version of religion, and it doesn’t come up often. Yeah, that’s enough to cause some tension. I think people often don’t realize how influential religion can be in someone’s life.

Yet another imperfect analogy for evolution In this article, I will be trying to explain why one of the common arguments against evolution isn’t valid, and maybe give a better analogy than the common one. The argument is that random chance can’t create something — the answer is that evolution via natural selection isn’t random chance, instead, it is a rules-based system that uses random mutation for a seed condition.

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.