by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 16, 2012 | The Bible
Joseph of the Coat-of-Many-Colors is famous in the Bible for rescuing his family from famine by moving them from Canaan into Egypt. This was a good thing, which eventually went bad. Although they entered Egypt as guests, they eventually became slaves. Joseph saw that...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 9, 2012 | The Bible
I’m not sure why I feel compelled to go all theological on you today. But, I do. I’ve been thinking about the popular All Roads Lead to God theory. People love this theory. If feels like a natural flow, as in All Rivers Lead to the Ocean. (They do.) In a...
by Kathy Nickerson | Feb 2, 2012 | The Bible
I’ve been struck by this portion of the psalms a couple of times lately. It seems to sum up the journey of the Christian life so well: Happy are those who are strong in the Lord, Who set their minds on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. When they walk though the Valley...
by Kathy Nickerson | Dec 10, 2011 | family, The Bible
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) Luke 2:4 The opening phrase in that sentence grabs me: And Joseph also went up…...
by Kathy Nickerson | Oct 27, 2011 | The Bible
This great advice recently from Rachelle Gardner’s excellent blog: Focus on identifying your target audience. Who are you writing books for? Identify ONE PERSON in your life who represents your audience in terms of age, gender, lifestyle. Blog for her. Oh, I so do...
by Kathy Nickerson | Oct 10, 2011 | family, happy endings, The Bible
It’s hard to miss a mountain. But I did. An entire range of them skirting the edge of a city, in fact. I had never driven in Casper, Wyoming, before except for a short trip to Wal Mart that same morning. But when my daughter-in-law got sick and all the men were...
