So many children’s books have to do with home. From Little House on the Prairie to A House is a House for Me and from Sweet Home Alaska to The Hobbit, the search for a place of comfort and belonging is universal. So many of the children I have discipled have noContinue reading “Where the Lord is at Home”
Author Archives: Sarah Young
The Verbs of Sin
Verbs stick out. They help your mind connect with what you are reading or listening to. Have you ever noticed the verbs of sin? Crouch, ensnare, separate, consume, harden, heap, and bring forth death make me want to run the other way. However, when sin is still only a temptation, I oftenContinue reading “The Verbs of Sin”
Bringing Holiness to Completion
Between Russia invading Ukraine and covid issues, problems fracture us. There are plenty of opinions but very few solutions. What if we could find all the solutions and be made whole? Isn’t that what the Ancient Greeks were looking for when they visited the Oracle of Delphi? Columbus searched for answers on everyContinue reading “Bringing Holiness to Completion”
The Big Game
Tomorrow is the big game. The Bengals square off against the Rams in Super Bowl LVI. What do you think quarterbacks Joe Burrow and Matthew Stafford will be doing in the morning? Stafford, quarterback for the Rams, recently told the press, “I think you treat it just like every other game when it gets toContinue reading “The Big Game”
Obstacles or Clear Paths
I love to snowshoe. We have had a lot of snow this year, and I have been laughing as I watch our two dogs- Baxter and Ranger- trudge through the snow. When they fall in over their heads, they whine and bark for help. I often haul them up out of theirContinue reading “Obstacles or Clear Paths”
Racial Reconciliation and Me
Some of my ancestors were slaveholders. Do I need to confess the sin of their active participation in the system of American slavery? My immediate reaction to this question has always been, “No!” because I don’t confess all the times they lied or cheated; however, reading John Perkins’s book One Blood: Parting Words to theContinue reading “Racial Reconciliation and Me”
A Conduit for the Lord
When the Lord works in the lives of His people, He includes His people in doing the work. Pastor Steve Osage has served as a conduit of the Lord’s blessings to ministries across the Dakotas for the past twenty years, exemplifying Philippians 2:13: “For it is God who works in you, both to willContinue reading “A Conduit for the Lord”
Flowers in the Desert, Part 2
In the Atacama Desert, three plant species can give us a tutorial on blooming in drought. Llareta, an evergreen perennial, cannot grow in shade. It only grows about 1.5 cm per year, but lives to be about 3,000 years old. The plant’s leaves grow into a dense mat close to the ground, where theContinue reading “Flowers in the Desert, Part 2”
Flowers in the Desert
Thousands of tourists flocked to the driest desert in the world last year to see its rare bloom. The Atacama Desert on the western coast of South America boasts 500 species of flora, even though some weather stations in the desert have never recieved rain. It is known as the driest place in theContinue reading “Flowers in the Desert”
Known by their Fruit
Your identity feeds your actions. I am a mom, therefore, I do laundry and cook meals. I am a writer, therefore, I sit down with my notebook and pencil everyday. I am a teacher, therefore, I plan lessons and grade papers. You get the idea. How we identify ourselves plays out in ourContinue reading “Known by their Fruit”
Sarah Dixon Young 