Monthly Archives: January, 2017
No Rest for the Wicked
My mother often used the proverb, “There is no rest for the wicked” and I suppose that I picked it up from her. Mom was full of idioms and proverbs. Many a student of mine shook their heads wondering what some idiom I had just quoted meant. It is just part of me. Frankly, it …
Marking up Your Bible
Recently, someone remarked to me that her grandmother would be horrified to hear someone actually ask people to underline something in their personal Bible. Really? Yes, I believe we should show respect for our personal copies of the Bible, but marking in a book makes it mine. I refrain from marking in a borrowed book, …
The Shepherd's Presence 