JUNE 7, 2024 READ: Acts 20: (Focus vs. 17-24 & 34-35) MEMORY VERSE “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 BACKGROUND When Keri’s young son was going through yet another surgery related to muscular dystrophy, she
June 6, 2024 READ: Luke 24:28–35 MEMORY VERSE “When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.” Luke 24:30 BACKGROUND My friend hurried from her stressful job
JUNE 5, 2024 READ: Jeremiah 1 (Focus vs. 1-10) MEMORY VERSE “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.” Jeremiah 1:5 BACKGROUND It feels like “likes”—you know, that little thumbs-up
June 4, 2024 READ: Psalm 42: (Focus vs.1-5) MEMORY VERSE “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.” Psalm 42:1 BACKGROUND Two friends and I were checking off a bucket list item—hiking
JUNE 1, 2024 READ: 2 Timothy 1 (Focus vs. 6-10) MEMORY VERSE “He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.” 2 Timothy 1:9
May 31, 2024 READ: Jude 1 (Focus vs.17-23) MEMORY VERSE “Be merciful to those who doubt.” Jude 1:22 BACKGROUND The invitation for dinner from my church leader Harold and his wife, Pam, warmed my heart, but also made me nervous.
May 27, 2024 READ: 1 Peter 5 (Focus vs. 6-11) MEMORY VERSE “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8 BACKGROUND When my friends Al and Kathy Schiffer flew their
May 26, 2024 READ: “Bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.’ Isaiah 61:3 BACKGROUND One evening, I noticed neat
May 25, 2024 READ: 2 Corinthians 5 (Focus vs. 12-21) MEMORY VERSE “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors . . . . We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20 BACKGROUND My college friend Bill Tobias
May 19, 2024 READ: Revelation 7 (Focus vs. 9-12) MEMORY VERSE “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” Revelation 7:10 BACKGROUND A love for God and for people undergirds Kathryn’s Bible translating work.
