Genesis provides two human creation stories. In Genesis 1 God creates humans, male and female, to be fruitful and multiply. The Genesis 2 version relates it a little differently—Adam is created first and then Eve is created from his rib.
Which ever way we read the Scripture, either as man and woman being created as equal partners or the man being created first and the woman second, we have a sense that God puts married couples together to be a team, a team that is challenged to be fruitful and multiply. The marriage of Aquila and Priscilla is an example of a relationship that personifies teamwork.
Below is a radio script my husband Monte and I presented while living in Connellsville, PA.
Tom: Aquila and Priscilla—they’re a couple that doesn’t get a lot of publicity, but they are mentioned in a number of places as a team.
Sue: The names sort of rhyme, don’t they? A rhyming pair of names like that ought (more…)
Ahhh…the scent of orange marmalade…scents of days past…of grandmothers that actually baked the cookies they served their grandchildren and removed the cream off the top of the milk they poured.
Times change. Now I take my granddaughter out (more…)
WHAT WAS THAT?
We were zipping south on New York State Rt. 81 at a pretty good pace when what should go zipping by?…It couldn’t be…Surely it was NOT!…But it WAS… It was a (more…)
How many times have you been pulled over for drunk driving—when you haven’t been closer to an alcoholic beverage than the foot to the crest of Mt. Washington?
It’s happened to me twice.
I may not be a tea-totaller, but (more…)
COME, GATHER ‘ROUND ME, YOUNG AND OLD:
AN EASTER STORY WILL BE TOLD!
In long, long ago times, a special baby was born.
I’d love to share that birth story with you—the miracle of birth itself, the struggles, hopes and dreams of and for this special baby—but that is the Christmas story.
We are here today to hear the Easter story.
Not the story about the Easter bunny, a modern day myth used by marketers to sell you their wares! But the one (more…)
Visit this site, www.carolyncholland.wordpress.com on Saturday Evening or Sunday to read an Easter post, SHALOM!! My Lord and My God!
SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 5:10 “but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.” (NIV)
REFLECTION: An interview with Lieutenant Mary Powell of the Pennsylvania State Police alerted me to this scripture. She used it in reference to genealogical research.
Lt. Powell feels really blessed. Her faith is strong, reinforced by a faith healing as a child. But she doesn’t stop there.
“I would like to know who (my ancestral) Christians were that the Bible says about, ‘I will bless you for a thousand years. The generations of blessings interests me. Am I sitting here blessed because of my ancestor’s prayers?”
This brings new awareness to me (to read the rest of this devotion click on GENERATIONS OF BLESSINGS #26 )
To read the final set of devotions for Lent click on:
BEAR ONE ANOTHER’S BURDONS Lent Devotion #43 Galatians 6:2,
OVERSTUFFED Lent Devotion #13 Matthew 6:19-20,
LEAD ME TO MY ROCKING CHAIR Lent Devotion #24 John 5:36,
LOVE BY SERVING Lent Devotion #29 Mark 12:33
Its beauty is beyond comprehension and it’s boundless strength prevents its capture, according to literature through the ages. Authors from many cultures affirm its existence yet there are those who claim the beast is merely a myth.
Who could question the existence of such a universal historical beast? (more…)
In America, the first clowns were circus clowns, often sent ahead of the circus with promotional material. Their function was to attract audiences. Under the big top, they worked as time-fillers, tension-relievers between dangerous acts and as distracters who kept the audience from watching scene changes. They made it possible for the audience to enjoy the show.
Many still perform the same duties today, though their status level has risen considerably. In the old days clowns were very (more…)
