by Rebecca Davis | Aug 30, 2011 | news and musings, seeking Jesus
This summer my two teenagers and I had the privilege of spending some evenings listening together to Corrie Ten Boom’s The Hiding Place (mending clothes, brushing the dog’s matted fur as we listened) and then watching the video. It had been maybe a few...
by Rebecca Davis | Aug 24, 2011 | news and musings
In our homeschool Bible teaching with Joshua, we’re emphasizing three levels of learning the Bible: Level One: Know those Bible stories. Know them in context. Sometimes in detail. (In our daughter Christiana’s college Bible class, she was surprised at how...
by Rebecca Davis | Apr 3, 2011 | challenging the status quo, news and musings
Update February 2015: Joy Ridderhof’s biography became the second in the Potter’s Wheel series of Christian biographies for children. You can see the book here and read a sample chapter here. I’ve written here and here and here and here and I guess...
by Rebecca Davis | Mar 20, 2011 | news and musings
I heard once that after World War II a call went out for missionaries to Japan. They had been defeated by a superpower, and they were open to that superpower’s religion. But only a few missionaries went. So the story goes that Japan looked at the United States...
by Rebecca Davis | Mar 6, 2011 | news and musings, our New Covenant identity
I’m a New Covenant Christian. I say this without shame, with full understanding of the implications. I believe that the New Covenant is not simply a new administration of the same covenant as the Old, but rather is a truly and radically NEW Covenant, based on...
by Rebecca Davis | Feb 8, 2011 | news and musings
The sands of time are sinking . . . “Mother, you’re in the hospital. You had a stroke. Remember?” Slow nod, barely perceptible. Eyes closed, a cloud of silver hair on the pillow. The dawn of heaven breaks . . . And there she is, at the piano with me,...