Monthly Archives: July 2025

My Study Bible by James R. Coggins

Posted on July 30, 2025 by jrcoggins

A reader recently asked: “You frequently post a photo of a Bible on your blogs. Is that your study Bible? What Bible do you use?” The Bible usually pictured is my personal Bible, the New International Version (NIV, 1986). I … Continue reading →

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Why Don’t Christians Read Their Bibles? by James R. Coggins

Posted on July 23, 2025 by jrcoggins

Why don’t Christians read their Bibles more? In a recent sermon, our pastor offered several reasons: People are too busy. The Bible is hard to understand. Reading the Bible is sometimes boring. And so on. The pastor then offered some … Continue reading →

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When God Puts You on Hold… and You’re Still Listening to the Elevator Music

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Author Mary Alford

We’ve all been there. Spiritually speaking, I mean. You pray. You wait. You refresh the page of your life like you’re waiting for Amazon to update your delivery status, only to see those dreaded words:Pending. You double-check to make sure … Continue reading →

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Hiking Part 2 by Tara Randel

Posted on July 21, 2025 by tararandel

In a previous post, I wrote about a hiking trip to the Great Smoky Mountains. In that post, I talked about the long climb to the summit at 6593 feet. But a few days before, we took more a leisurely … Continue reading →

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Byzantine Mosaics – From the Many, One.

Posted on July 17, 2025 by dtopliff

It’s a long story, but I’ve hosted European friends here in North America, and enjoyed staying in their homes. Two of them decided that the next time I visited Spain, we should tour Bologna, Ravenna, and Venice by plane and … Continue reading →

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How I Write by James R. Coggins

Posted on July 16, 2025 by jrcoggins

I have always written by inspiration. I don’t mean that literally, in the biblical sense. But the thing is, unless I am interested in something, unless I think I have something worth saying, I won’t make the effort to write … Continue reading →

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Glory in What? By Nancy J. Farrier

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Nancy J. Farrier

Almost every time I go in a store, I am struck by the abundance of the offerings there. As you walk through the doors of a grocery store, there are tables full of breads, cookies, pastries, and all manner of … Continue reading →

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The Power of Faith by James R. Coggins

Posted on July 9, 2025 by jrcoggins

In Galatians 3:1-5 (NIV), the apostle Paul issued a very strongly worded rebuke to the Galatian Christians: “You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn … Continue reading →

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The Day My Characters Stopped Cooperating — and What God Taught Me About Letting Go

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Author Mary Alford

You know that feeling when you think you have everything under control…and then your plans unravel faster than yarn in a kitten’s paws? That was me writing Framed in Amish Country. I sat down, armed with coffee and an outline … Continue reading →

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Mysteries by James R. Coggins

Posted on July 2, 2025 by jrcoggins

I write murder mysteries (and lots of other things). But, in a sense, my stories do not remain mysteries. A good murder mystery presents a murder, offers a variety of suspects (red herrings), and in the end reveals whodunit. Readers … Continue reading →

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