So Where’s the Fruit? Thoughts on John 15 and the Sower and Seed
“I want more fruit, Lord. I want much fruit.” My prayer ran more or less along the lines of that vague reference to John 15. It was summer, and my parents’ blueberry bushes groaned with fruit. I was jealous. In the Love of Christ, my roots ran as...Airing My Dirty Laundry at Bob Jones University
How was it that I had begun to take certain wrongdoing so lightly? How was it that I could justify theft? I was a graduate assistant at Bob Jones University. That meant while I was taking my grad classes, I was also working thirty hours a week at Bob Jones University...Waging Warfare Through Psalm 18
It seemed like a normal day. I was going about my ordinary household tasks, for the most part on automatic. But during the course of the day I became aware of where my heart was going. I realized I was continuing to be bombarded by temptations in my thoughts, coyly...How Can I Give Grace?
I can’t. I don’t mean I’m incapable unless God helps me. I mean, giving grace is a prerogative of God alone. It’s popular now to talk about how we need to give grace to others, but the way people are using the word—meaning forgiveness and kindness and love—diminishes...
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.
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