February: Matthew 5; Luke 6
When I taught my children to pray, I told them we talked to God with a Prayer Sandwich. Like the two pieces of bread we begin with... Read More
Author: Christine Thackeray
Mom of seven, writer, fun friend and avid reader. I love the Savior and cherish the words of Christ.
Being Perfect
February: Matthew 6-7
Jesus ends the Sermon on the Mount with the admonition “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.”... Read More
The Beatitudes: A Path to Discipleship
February: Matthew 5; Luke 6
The Sermon on the Mount opens with the Beatitudes. The term “beatitudes” is taken from the Latin Vulgate for “blessed are” or beati sunt.... Read More
Christ’s First Miracle: Water to Wine
February: John 2-4
Shortly after the calling of the twelve, Jesus went to a wedding in Cana...... Read More
An Unfinished Woman
Jaroldeen Asplund EdwardsHere am I, Lord,The dishes barely done and night long since fallen,The children would not go to bedAnd would not go andWould not goAnd now they are gone.Gone to places of their own with children of their ownWho will not go to bed and will not go...And I have taught them what I … Continue reading An Unfinished Woman
Peter’s Change: Loving the Lord
February: Matthew 4; Luke 4-5
In the Gospel of Matthew, Simon Peter’s call to the ministry seems quite straightforward...... Read More
The Synagogue at Nazareth: Finding Christ
February: Matthew 4; Luke 4-5
After fasting in the wilderness and overcoming Satan’s temptations, Jesus returns to his hometown to begin his ministry and is asked to read at the synagogue in Nazareth... Read More
Why John the Baptist was so Different?
January: Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3
In both the books of Matthew and Mark, John the Baptist is described as “clothed with camel hair... Read More
Seeing a Miracle: Nathanael
January: John 1
In the gospel of John, the story is told of Phillip coming to his friend Nathanael... Read More
“In the Days of Herod the King” Matthew 2:1
January: Matthew 2; Luke 2
Matthew begins his recitation of the wiseman story with this line, “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea... Read More
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