Christmas Genes 1: Tamar
“She is more righteous than I am,” Genesis 38:26 I remember the first time I felt “othered”. I knew from little on I was not the same as my siblings; we didn’t have the same father, and my bone structure and the tone of my skin were disparaged by him. But this feeling of being…
Chirstmas Genes: Intro
“For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 My husband loves investigating his genealogy. After subscribing to Ancestry.com, he learned that his Scottish family arrived in the US in the mid-1700s. Further back, he discovered that his ancestors lived in a castle…
Formations 21: Tree Hugger
“They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water.” Jeremiah 17:8 Terry and I drove by our old house and were devastated when we saw the maple tree we love had been massacred. Yes, this is a slight exaggeration; we were devastated because our maple tree had been…
By Sherry Collins 