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With all that's going on in the Middle East, I thought it timely to share this from a friend who ministers in the Islamic world.  Over the next 52 Fridays I invite you to devote 5 minutes to the cause of Christ in the Islamic community.1. Take 1 minute to go to the Sharif Bible website, scrollContinue reading “5 over 52”

Yes, I know, it's been a while… quite a while, and I'm sorry to have been absent.  I started blogging as a way to stay in touch with friends/family during my mission trips.  It grew as I developed my writing wings, and also as a creative outlet for me.  I'd been away from the stageContinue reading “Yes, I’m back!”

I posted here several months ago about dear sisters in the Lord, Maryam Rustampoor and Marzieh Amirizadeh, who were arrested and imprisoned for their faith.  I asked for prayers for them.  Today I read in today's VOM Prayer Updates that on May 22, they were both acquitted of all charges by the Iranian judicial authorities! Continue reading “Not Forgotten!”

I love the "share this" buttons on the many sites I visit.  It allows me to "share" something I feel worth sharing quickly and easily.  The only problem I have is deciding which venue to use… Twitter… Facebook… Typepad.  Twitter is usually the first icon that shows up on the list and I like using TwitterContinue reading “Week 14: Video Update from Matt Chandler”

I’ve a friend who recently commented to me about all the terrible things that seemed to be happening recently, the earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, now China; the volcano in Iceland which has disrupted air travel around the world.  She said it seemed like there was so much more terrible stuff going on lately and soContinue reading “Matt Chandler and C.J. Mahaney at T4G on Suffering”

Originally uploaded by Ligonier Ministries I received an email and saw that there had been changes to Ligonier's National Conference line-up and went to the website to find out more details. While there, I saw that there were pictures of the West Coast Conference that I attended a couple of weekends ago. Found a shotContinue reading “Last Month’s Conference”

I’m staying with my daughter during this conference, having arrived Thursday evening to babysit while she went to a birthday party for a girlfriend.  The boys and I played until bedtime and the next morning Maseo woke me up with “coffee time, Gaga!”  Now the conference didn’t start until 2pm, so I spent the morning,Continue reading “Conference – Day Two”

The church is full (the church being Dr. MacArthur’s church, Grace Community Church in Sun Valley).  I’m fascinated at the diversity, young and old, suits and shorts.  There are even a few of us nerds with our laptops, taking notes, trying to capture thoughts and impressions along with the messages.  Dr. Horton was the firstContinue reading “Conference – Day One”

I can still remember Nick (names have been changed to protect the innocent… or not) calling me and asking me, “Elda, what do you know about the Emerging Church?”  Truth be told, I didn’t.  That’s what set me off in my search.  I started reading about it, mostly online from blogs and news articles, prettyContinue reading “Ligonier Ministries West Coast Conference – a preface”

I love reading Justin Taylor's blog, Between Two Worlds.  Of course, when I sit down to read it, I know I cannot be in a hurry, because there is always so much to read and so many links to more good stuff.  I start reading one post and he references something somewhere else, and I click on theContinue reading “God Is Love, and God Is God”