The Springs Retreat will introduce you to Christian practices designed to help you experience God's love and grace. Wed-Fri, April 26-29, 2017, at St. Anthony's Retreat Center, Three Rivers, CA (near Fresno) Cost: $255. Scholarships are available. The Springs Retreat is a ministry of the Network of Evangelical Women in Ministry (NEWIM). Email DarleneDerby@comcast.net or go to www.newim.org to register.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Chapel at St. Anthony's
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Wild Turkeys came too!
Thursday morning a flock of wild turkeys joined us! That was pretty fun. Our community quilt was such a rich resource of stories about the faithfulness of God -- story after story was shared of how God taught us to pray from "Now I lay me down to sleep" prayers to the prayers that sustained us through difficult times.
"The faithfulness of God," Elaine shared, "was so evident as I reflected on what the Lord has done in my life in the area of prayer. It all begins and ends with His faithfulness."
NET Bible
On their website http://www.bible.org/ they have a huge array of bible study resources and the free, downloadable NET Bible. Scholars are saying that it is the best phrase for phrase translation available today. I'm really enjoying it.
From Bible Study magazine, Nov&Dec 2008:
"the NET Bible was published in 2005...At times it is more accurate than the NASB, more readable than the NIV, and more elegant than either. It is clear and eloquent, while maintaining the meaning of the original. In addition, the notes are a genuine gold mine of information, unlike those found in any other translation. The NET aims to be gender-neutral. The NET Bible is the Bible behind the bibles. It's the one that many modern translators use to help them work through the original language and express their meaning in literate English. I would highly recommend that each English-speaking Christian put this Bible on their shopping list." Dan Wallace, professor of New Testament Studies and Greek at Dallas Theological Seminary and founder of the Center for Study of New Testament Manuscripts which offers free images of New Testament manuscripts online at http://www.csntm.org/.
How do you keep hanging on?
How do we hang on through tremendously difficult circumstances? We put our trust in the truth found in Scripture about the character and the nature of God.