For Shame, Beautiful Botkins
With the very first issue of Patriarch magazine twenty years ago, my husband eschewed the Patriarchy Movement. Every since then, I’ve followed it from afar, often with concern, especially upon finding that some patriarchal churches wanted to keep unsaved people out,...Who Is Jesus Christ to Me and for Me?
Many lists detail Scripturally-based truths about who I am in Christ, and I love them; they’re worth much meditation. But I would also love to see lists about who Jesus Christ is to me and for me and in me. I got to thinking about this when I was meditating on I...Checking My Motives
If you’re a conscientious Christian, then you’ve done it. In fact, you might do it regularly, maybe even obsessively. I helped that person, and I really wanted to help him, but I was also sort of hoping that someone from church might see me helping him and think I was...Is the Bible Really My Daily Manna?
I heard it many times growing up. “Your daily Bible reading is your daily manna. Yesterday’s reading won’t suffice for today. Read the Bible every day to receive fresh bread of life.” I never questioned it. Until recent years. Several things...What Happened When the Lion Roared
It’s Passion Week, and I’ve been thinking about lions. Sometimes when I read the Bible I go on a bit of a rabbit trail. . . . (This time I think it was a lion trail.) Does that ever happen to you? And sometimes, when I do that, I gain a clearer picture of who Jesus...
I’m Rebecca Davis, a trauma-informed writer, book coach, speaker, compassionate witness, prayer minister, and lover of Jesus who lives in Greenville, South Carolina.
See my work as a trauma-informed book coach and ghostwriter at rebeccadaviswordworking.com