SOUTHERN HILLS

Read: Psalm 34:8; 2 Kings 5:1-3; John 1:45-50; John 4:28-30; John 4:39-42 This week, my husband took the coverings off the rosebushes....

Read: 1 Thessalonians 5:17; 1 Timothy 2:1; Ephesians 6:18-19 I have said it more times than I can count, and it is true. “There is...

Read: Job 9:1-11; Job 9:32-35 A few weeks ago, I talked with my best high school friend who now lives in South Carolina. It was so good...

Read: 1 Corinthians 3:5-15 Last Sunday, my husband and I watched "Hidden Figures", a movie about some very important Black women. One of...

Read: 1 Kings 19:1-18 They're really fun to discuss, and almost every family has them. Yes, sometimes the details are exaggerated as the...

Read: John 3:1-16; Romans 5:6-11 I wonder how many people are singing the Happy Birthday song or the alphabet ditty while hand washing to...

Read: Psalm 13:1-6; Acts 1:6-11 At the time of the writing of this devotion, the coronavirus has spread into every state except West...

Read: Daniel 1:1-8; Philippians 2:12-13; Galatians 5:16-26 Have you ever had a phrase from a commercial or the catchy lyric from a song...

Read Hebrews 4:14-16 We have, once again, entered into the weeks just prior to Easter. Maybe that is why I am pondering how I might tell...

Read: Psalm 103:1-14 I was flipping through the TV channels. I wanted to avoid some of the news, but when the teaser promoted a story...

Read: Acts 12:1-11 We have a Honey Crisp apple tree in the backyard. Well over a year ago, we noticed that it was growing crooked. To...

Read: Exodus 3-4; 2 Corinthians 4:6-10 I have two sets of measuring cups. That's convenient because I have been known to abandon one of...

Read: Romans 8:26-27; Matthew 6:7-8; Matthew 7:9-10; James 1:17 In the past, we have ordered one or two things on line to be picked up at...

Read: 1 Samuel 12:1-25 There are many beautiful truths those of us who belong to Jesus embrace. Words like justification, sanctification...

Read: Romans 3:9-20; Romans 5:6-11 I was talking with a friend this week concerning the fact that neither of us enjoys fiction books that...

Read: Joshua 14:1-15 A gap year, like anything else, can be a fruitful growing time or simply be a delaying of the next steps of life....

This week I read a blog that addressed the question: “What is your favorite Christmas song?” I've been pondering that off and on since I...

Read: Genesis 16:1-6; Isaiah 30:18-19 As is customary for us, we put up the Christmas tree during the second week in December. This year,...

Read: Romans 8:18-25; 1 Corinthians 15:51-58; Revelation 21:1-7 Last Sunday's sermon made me laugh. We had a guest speaker, and his...

Read: Luke 2:25-35; Psalm 130:5-6 As I write this, there are fewer than three weeks until Christmas and less than a month before we will...