by Carolyn Miller | Nov 1, 2023 | Spiritual Growth
Dear God, I’d like joy, complete joy please. —Me I can’t remember when our editor sent out the Redbud Post topics list for this year…but it must have been near this time last year. I remember skimming the topics and skipping over this month’s: Joy. This wasn’t...
by Carolyn Miller | Aug 1, 2023 | Faith and Culture
And God said, “Let there be an extended surface in the midst of the waters and let it divide between the waters and the waters” (Genesis 1:6, my combo of versions version). Never have I felt the lives and beliefs of others affect my daily thoughts and feelings more...
by Carolyn Miller | Jun 1, 2023 | Literature
I had this notion, when I thought about writing this article, that I’d remember some specific book that changed me, and really write its praises. But the reality is that books themselves have changed me. My earliest memory of a book was this red-leather-bound King...
by Carolyn Miller | Apr 1, 2023 | Spiritual Growth
“Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you” Ephesians 5:14 (NIV). I’ve heard the question “How is Christ’s death and resurrection affecting your everyday life?” And I wonder, Is it? When I think of the phrase...
by Carolyn Miller | Oct 1, 2022 | Faith and Culture
Although I find it hard to do myself, I think that lament is one of the core things that is important for a believer to acknowledge and give space for. Like repentance and confession, lament is a natural response to being in God’s presence, being in God’s...
