By Viola Larson, Naming His Grace blog. I am beginning a review of The Presbyterian Women’s 2016-2017, Bible study, “Who is Jesus? : What a Difference a Lens Makes.” Although this is a study written and published by a women’s organization connected to the Presbyterian Church (USA) and I now belong to the Evangelical Presbyterian…
By Viola Larson, Naming His Grace blog Jesus warns His disciples that some are only hired hands working for wages while they watch the Master’s sheep. But Jesus is the good shepherd, the one who lays His life down for the sheep. The hired hand is not the owner of the sheep and he leaves…
By Jane Miller Carol MacDonald recalls the picture that inspired a thousand dresses. “The little girl wore a black and white zebra-striped dress with little ribbons on it. She had a rose in her hair, and one hand on her hip. She had a brilliant smile, and this look of ‘Oh, look at me,’” said…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Refuting the children’s rhyme, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me,” Meagan Manas, staff specialist for Justice and Peace with Presbyterian Women, told those at her workshop that “Words can cause the biggest hurt.” Manas was the leader of the Aug. 3 Words Matter workshop held…