SOUTHERN HILLS

Read: 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 116:2; 1 John 5:14-15 This is the time of year when my husband and I begin to figure out what little gifts we...

Read: Ruth 1:6-18; 2 Samuel 9; 2 Timothy 2:23-26 I was running errands with a friend this week when a beautiful fragrance made its...

Read: Genesis 3; Genesis 7:1-16 Last evening as my husband was surfing through the channels, he stopped on a local station that was...

Read: John 19:30; Romans 8:1; Philippians 3:3-9 We had some work done this week. For several months, we have been asking the Lord for the...

Read: Psalm 13; Psalm 94:1-10; Acts 1:3-8 It took decades, but we finally have entered the modern world. We now have an Alexa device....

Read: 2 Kings 5:1-5; Mark 5:1-20 This week, I heard about the deaths of two well-loved men. Both were in their 90s, and both brought joy...

Read: Luke 7:36-50; Jude 1:24-25 It has been quite some time since I have heard their advertisement on the radio. That is, until I heard...

Read: Daniel 9:1-23; 1 John 5:13-15 Has anyone other than me noticed that a majority of the things we do during an average week wouldn't...

Read: Psalm 73; Psalm 131; 1 John 4:9-10 It is funny how a conversation can begin with one topic and morph into so many different...

Read: Ephesians 5:8-9; Ephesians 4:25-32; Ephesians 5:1 I have been laughing at myself this week. Sometimes the smallest incidents can be...

Read: John 10:10; Nehemiah 6:1-4; John 8:43-44; Romans 8:1; Romans 8:38-39 Two e-mails came this week. Their messages were quite similar;...

Read: 2 Corinthians 5:18-20; Luke 23:39-43; Matthew 16:26-27 We must have missed the doorbell. Or perhaps, the delivery driver knocked to...

Read: Colossians 3:1-4 Before turning a corner to discuss biblical truth today, may we pray together for Ukraine and the people who are...

Read: 2 Samuel 15:1-30; 2 Samuel 16:1-14; 2 Samuel 17:25-27 The weather report that we saw Monday evening didn't seem too foreboding, but...

Read: Galatians 4:4; Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 53:3-12; Romans 8:28 Let's have a show of hands. Who loves to wait? I'm guessing if the room...

Read: Luke 7:11-17; Matthew 9:35-38 This has been a week filled with a mixture of many questions and emotions. Many of us have...

Read: Jeremiah 1:1-10; Genesis 6:9-21 I was talking with a friend this week about what she is reading in the Bible. She has been studying...

Read: John 3:36; Isaiah 44:22; Romans 8:1; John 20:30-31 What can we know for certain? Is being sure of something important or can we...

Read: Matthew 6:19-21; 1 Peter 1:3-5 A few months ago, the gardening shows started coming on TV in earnest. Even though it was much too...

Read: Matthew 19:13-14; Mark 9:36; John 14:1-2; Acts 7:54-59 On January 22, 2022 in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, 8-year-old...