©2010 Brenda Black On Mother’s Day, I was lavished with dark chocolates and pink roses and two deeply emotional cards from my sons. I used to get hand made treasures and crayon scribbled notes that melted my heart. Then, the … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black As the banter over national prayer heats up in the count down to next Thursday, I am reminded of the children’s game “Hot Potato.” Everyone wants to briefly hold the prayer tater-topic, then quickly toss it to … Read More
©2010 Brenda Black Charles Spurgeon once said that true prayer is: “an inventory of needs, a catalog of necessities, an exposure of secret wounds and a revelation of hidden poverty.” If you think about it, the needs urge us to … Read More
©2009 Brenda Black In this corner: God – The Almighty Ruler of the Universe. Creator Extraordinaire. The Powerful Redeemer and Final Authority. And in this corner: Joe Plumber….. While your mind wanders back to intolerance toward inquisition here on earth, … Read More
©2009 Brenda Black Stand up! Throw back your head and open your eyes. Raise your hands in surrender and praise. You are talking to an awesome God! Most often, this is not the first choice for prayer posture. Head bowed, … Read More
©2009 Brenda Black An eery, orange blob peered through gangly and gnarled trees, penetrating increasing darkness. Like one enormous eye, it glared down on my hiding place behind a rambling sticker bush. I hunkered lower and tried my best to … Read More
©2009 Brenda Black I’ve seen blushing brides, glowing mothers-to-be, and beaming daddies. None of them, as I recall, ever frightened me. But in Exodus 34:29-35, Moses’ afterglow shocked onlookers! “When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets … Read More
©2009 Brenda Black “Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain…When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his … Read More
©2009 Brenda Black Batman & Robin. The Lone Ranger & Tonto. Abbott and Costello. George & Gracie. Dynamic duos composed of opposites. Here’s another for the list: Cornelius and Peter. Maybe that doesn’t ring quite as familiar as the fictitious … Read More