Welcome back to week two of the Mother-Daughter Bible study B’twixt and B’tween Blog as study Chapter 2 in the classic Beautiful Girlhood and The Companion Guide to Beautiful Girlhood! I trust you and your daughter enjoyed your very first lesson together. Did you take the time to introduce yourself to the group? If not, make sure you do so on Instagram …
Each week, in our Selah small group, we study the chapter the Pastor is teaching on the upcoming Sunday. Normally, my Quiet Time is rewarding as I search the scriptures and steep in them all week. But recently, we covered Genesis 34, and let me tell you it was miserable. As a friend of mine quipped, the title of Genesis …
“We need to encourage new believers to feed on God’s Word it is nourishment for the soul.” Billy Graham I have said it before, I have a healthy appetite for the pure unadulterated Word of God. I don’t want a diluted, watered-down rendition…give me the meat! I am greedy that way, I guess, however, this is one of the main …
For many of us, the change in the seasons signals a new beginning of sorts, a new season of spending time with our daughters. The changing leaves, school schedules, and new grade levels for our girls remind us that they are growing up so quickly, and we have so many things to share with them before they are gone. But …
Yikes!! As of today, we have only just a few days until Christmas! During this busy time, is it just me or is the last thing you want to occur is something unanticipated? For most of us, our over-scheduled December calendar just can’t handle one more thing! This is the first part of a two-part series where we will be …
Early each morning in my time in the Word I focus on two things: familiarity with the Word and intimacy with the Lord. I am gaining familiarity with the Word by reading through the Bible in a year and cultivating intimacy with the Lord by lingering over specific passages using my Selah Bible study in Mark. Early this morning, during …
I have a healthy appetite for the pure unadulterated Word of God. I don’t want a diluted watered-down rendition…give me the meat! I am greedy that way I guess, however, this is one of the main reasons I created the Selah Method. But, it hasn’t always been that way. I used to think that studying the Bible was difficult and …
The often-used term Quiet Time has long been used by Christians to describe a specific time set aside to read the Bible and commune with God. For most of us, the literal term Quiet Time is a misnomer because these precious moments of silence are scarce. When I mention what I do, which is to create Bible studies for …
Are you wondering how to have a consistent Quiet Time? Yep, me too. I have grappled with this very question for years. Personally, the idea of a perfect daily time with God is incredibly appealing. I think it is so attractive because there is a suggestion that if I do things just right, a consistent and satisfying time with …
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Ellen Parr In this introductory post, my goal is to introduce you to several ways to overcome the monotony of Quiet Time. Admitting that you are bored while reading the Bible is practically considered, by some, a sin. My name is Shelley (Hi Shelley) and …
