“I love Jesus; I just don’t care for the church.” “I don’t need the hypocrites in the church to help me follow God.” “My relationship with God is private; I don’t need other people to tell me how to worship my God.” I know women who have said these statements. They have been hurt at some...

  By Jenny Manley In writing to the Ephesian church to provide them spiritual encouragement, Paul begins with a powerful punch—laying out the blessings that belong to followers of Christ.  Even though Ephesus was a bustling and important city (it even boasted the Temple of Artemis, later named one of the seven wonders of the...

King David sang of its sweetness.  Paul pleaded for it from a Roman prison cell. Unity among Christians is a theme the Bible does not take lightly.  Jesus himself prayed for it in the Garden of Gethsemane as he neared his own death.  He prayed intimately to his Father “… for those who will believe...

By Jenny Manley I wear high heels to weddings, not merely because the occasion calls for it, but because I’m not tall, and I hate not being able to see  what is going on.  When everyone stands in the bride’s honor and she triumphantly enters the ceremony in her gorgeous white dress and flawless appearance, it’s...