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Four Ways to Love the Cold Temperatures
Posted on Monday, January 8th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Be like a child, Carol McClain, Four Ways to Love Cold Temperatures, have fun, Matt. 18:4, Writing Redemption
By Carol McClain: @carol _mcclain No one needs a news alert, here it is, anyway. The East Coast has been gripped by record shattering cold. It’s uncomfortable, inconvenient, expensive and deadly. Despite the four negatives, it can be appreciated. Wait, you say. Appreciated? Yep, but remember, I didn’t say loved. Four Ways to appreciate the frigid temperatures …[ read more ]

Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab
@carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

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