Domestic Violence, Church Response, Action -by Kathi I am pausing our Sunday Gatherings for the rest of October. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and I would like to take this time to talk about how the church can effectively respond to domestic violence. What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims… Continue reading Domestic Violence: A Call to the Church for Action
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Domestic Violence: A Call to the Church – Reevaluate Your Beliefs
Domestic Violence, Church Response, Beliefs -by Kathi I am pausing our Sunday Gatherings for the rest of October. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and I would like to take this time to talk about how the church can effectively respond to domestic violence. The church can be incredibly helpful to victims of domestic… Continue reading Domestic Violence: A Call to the Church – Reevaluate Your Beliefs
Domestic Violence: Education is the Key to Better Church Response
Domestic Violence, Church Response, Education -by Kathi I am pausing our Sunday Gatherings for the rest of October. October is Domestic Violence Awareness month and I would like to take this time to talk about how the church can effectively respond to domestic violence. The first time I was educated about domestic violence was in… Continue reading Domestic Violence: Education is the Key to Better Church Response
SSB Sunday Gathering – October 1, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. -by Kathi *** Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 6, "From Paper to Person: How Do We Read God's Words? In this chapter McKnight strengthens his view that the Bible should be read as a story by noting that… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – October 1, 2017
SSB Sunday Gathering – September 24, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 5, "The Plot of the Wiki-Stories: How Does the Bible Work?" To read the Bible as a story means that there are basic literary elements to the Bible when read… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – September 24, 2017
Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – When Proverbs 31 Becomes a To Do List
The Power of a Transformed Wife, Lori Alexander, Keeper of Home, Stay-at-home-Mothers, Working Mothers -by Kathi This is a book review series of The Power of a Transformed Wife by Lori Alexander. If you are just joining us, you may click on previous chapter reviews if you'd like to catch up. Introduction & Chapter 1Â … Continue reading Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – When Proverbs 31 Becomes a To Do List
SSB Sunday Gathering – September 17, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 4, "It's a Story with Power!: How, Then, Shall We Read?" To introduce the concept of reading the Bible as a story, McKnight tells us about how he used to… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – September 17, 2017
SSB Sunday Gathering – September 10, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 3, "Inkblots and Puzzles: How, Then, are We Reading?" Last week we looked at two shortcuts to reading the Bible: Morsels of Law and Morsels of Blessing and Promise. Today… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – September 10, 2017
Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – The Chapter that Doesn’t Belong
The Power of a Transformed Wife, Lori Alexander, Dating, Sexual Purity -by Kathi This is a book review series of The Power of a Transformed Wife by Lori Alexander. If you are just joining us, you may click on previous chapter reviews if you'd like to catch up. Introduction & Chapter 1Â Â Chapter 2Â Â Chapter… Continue reading Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – The Chapter that Doesn’t Belong
SSB Sunday Gathering – September 3, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 3, "Inkblots and Puzzles: How, Then, are We Reading?" In this chapter, McKnight states that we need to learn to read the Bible as a story, complete with a beginning… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – September 3, 2017
SSB Sunday Gathering – August 27, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 2, "The Birds and I" Over the last two Sundays we have talked about reading the Bible through the lens of "reading to retrieve" and "reading through tradition. McKnight sums… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – August 27, 2017
Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – Birth Control and a “Funny Story”
The Power of a Transformed Wife, Lori Alexander, Birth Control, Submission -by Kathi This is a book review series of The Power of a Transformed Wife by Lori Alexander. If you are just joining us, you may click on previous chapter reviews if you'd like to catch up. Introduction & Chapter 1Â Â Chapter 2Â Â Chapter… Continue reading Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – Birth Control and a “Funny Story”
SSB Sunday Gathering – August 20, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 2, "The Birds and I" Last week we looked at the "reading to retrieve" way of reading the Bible. This week we'll look at "reading through tradition." McKnight discusses the… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – August 20, 2017
SSB Sunday Gathering – August 13, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 2, "The Birds and I" While there are many ways to approach how to read the Bible, McKnight offers three for us to think about. The first way is "reading… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – August 13, 2017
SSB Sunday Gathering – August 6, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 2, "The Birds and I" McKnight starts off this chapter by telling a story about a blue parakeet that landed in his back yard. He observed this unusual visitor and… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – August 6, 2017
Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – Parents Rule, Children Drool
The Power of a Transformed Wife, Lori Alexander, Child Training, Submission -by Kathi This is a book review series of The Power of a Transformed Wife by Lori Alexander. If you are just joining us, you may click on previous chapter reviews if you'd like to catch up. Introduction & Chapter 1Â Â Chapter 2Â Â Chapter… Continue reading Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – Parents Rule, Children Drool
SSB Sunday Gathering – July 30, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Discussion: The Blue Parakeet by Scott McKnight From Chapter 1, "The Book and I"  What I learned was an uncomfortable but incredibly intriguing truth: Every one of us adopts the Bible and (at the same time) adapts the Bible… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – July 30, 2017
Trying Something New for SSB Gathering – July 23, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format.  -by Kathi Sunday mornings are changing a bit at the Gathering. I thought it might be nice to go through a book and see how our discussion goes. I'll continue to add a verse and music. Let's start off with… Continue reading Trying Something New for SSB Gathering – July 23, 2017
Lori Alexander Dishes Out Heartless Advice to Wife Who Was Sexually Abused
Admin note: This post is not part of Kathi's ongoing series reviewing Lori Alexander's book, The Transformed Wife, but is a "special report," if you will. The following was brought to our attention, and Kathi and I feel strongly that this kind of "counseling" needs to be addressed publicly. This advise can cause great harm… Continue reading Lori Alexander Dishes Out Heartless Advice to Wife Who Was Sexually Abused
SSB Gathering – July 16, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. -by Kathi *** Acts 11: 19 - 28 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews. Some of them, however, men from… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 16, 2017
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