Open the wells: meditation on a hymn Dead to the world would I be, O Father. Dead unto sin, alive unto thee. — Elisha A. Hoffman The hymn, “Lord, I am fondly,” Sarah Kehrberg October 12, 2015
Comfortable with hell? There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, Sarah Kehrberg August 31, 2015
Promises God does not keep That’s a piecrust promise. Easily made, easily broken. — Mary Poppins I did not truly understand the magnitude of making a promise until I had children. Sarah Kehrberg July 20, 2015
Complementary and submissive? Male headship and female submission — not topics I’d suggest for your next social event. They were easier to understand in an earlier time when Sarah Kehrberg June 8, 2015
‘I just don’t have the time’ If one more person tells me how “crazy busy” they are and then proceeds to summarize, in detail, the entire season of a TV show Sarah Kehrberg March 16, 2015
Worship our children? Whatever [parents] are doing is for the child’s sake, and the child’s alone. Parents no longer raise children for the family’s sake or that of Sarah Kehrberg February 2, 2015
Marriage and change This is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart). — E.E. Cummings Given the fact Sarah Kehrberg December 22, 2014
Avoiding Jesus No one can truly know Christ unless they follow him daily in life. — Hans Denck You know those people in your life who you respect Sarah Kehrberg November 10, 2014
Parenting and the Bible It is the things you assume that really sink into them. It is the things you forget even to teach that they learn. — G.K. Sarah Kehrberg September 29, 2014
Older brother The worlds we sought were never those we saw; the worlds we bargained for were never the worlds we got. — Saul Bellow, Dangling Man Sarah Kehrberg August 18, 2014
Jesus in my heart My daughters periodically beg to become members of our church. This would warm my heart more if their requests didn’t always fall on Sundays when Sarah Kehrberg July 7, 2014
A spirit next to you Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you: But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. — Christina Rossetti One of Sarah Kehrberg May 26, 2014