The Scriptures I Never Memorized

I still remember the circle of padded chairs and the industrial carpetingĀ  where our Wednesday night group met weekly for Scripture memory. I was a high school sophomore at the time, and our small gathering of teens met after Bible study. In our purses or backpacks we carried stacks of little 2×3ā€ cards in protective blue vinyl holdersā€”cards that helped us to ā€œhide the word in our hearts,ā€ as Psalm 119:11 instructedā€¦

Behind the Icon Screen: The Journey of the Bread & the Wine

My husband Rob played guitar in a worship band for a small church plant that we had been attending. The little church, which focused on ministry to immigrants, was part of the charismatic Foursquare denomination, and we met on Sunday evenings in the sanctuary of a large, established church that was Evangelical Presbyterian. Soon Rob and I would discover Orthodoxy, but at the time we were all over the religious map inā€¦

Behind the Icon Screen: The Journey of the Bread & the Wine

My husband Rob played guitar in a worship band for a small church plant that we had been attending. The little church, which focused on ministry to immigrants, was part of the charismatic Foursquare denomination, and we met on Sunday evenings in the sanctuary of a large, established church that was Evangelical Presbyterian. Soon Rob and I would discover Orthodoxy, but at the time we were all over the religious map inā€¦