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 1 … Continue reading Book Review Series – Lori Alexander’s “The Power of a Transformed Wife” – When Proverbs 31 Becomes a To Do List
Category: SPIRITUAL SOUNDING BOARD
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 1 Chapter 2 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 1 Chapter 2 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
How do you find rest for your soul?
When you are weary, how do you find rest?
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
Dr. Dan Allender: Trauma, Our Personal Stories, and Recovery through Music
Dr. Dan Allender, Trauma, Music, Spiritual Abuse Recovery, Personal Stories *** Those who have been reading here for a while know how important I believe it is for survivors to tell their abuse stories. It took a while for us to believe the lies our church leader(s) told us about who we are and who… Continue reading Dr. Dan Allender: Trauma, Our Personal Stories, and Recovery through Music
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
Doctrine, Debates, and Salvation. Will the real Christian please stand?
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith— and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 There has been heaviness for me this week, and it has wiped my writing mojo. But I have been thinking about a lot… Continue reading Doctrine, Debates, and Salvation. Will the real Christian please stand?
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 1 Chapter 2 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
Kari Benton Shares: Spiritual Recovery after a Lawsuit and Spiritual Abuse
*** Some may recall the story of Titus and Kari Benton who were in a defamation lawsuit by their former pastor, Steve Wingfield, of First Christian Church of Florissant. The case was later dismissed, but when you are sued by your former employer and pastor, your long-term church home, and experience spiritual abuse, it takes… Continue reading Kari Benton Shares: Spiritual Recovery after a Lawsuit and Spiritual Abuse
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
SSB Gathering – July 9, 2017
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. -by Kathi *** Acts 11: 1 - 18 The apostles and the brothers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him and said, "You… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 9, 2017
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