Blog Posts by Laurie McClure
Blog Posts by Laurie McClure
You’re Invited to the Unwavering: Living with Defiant Joy Online Bible Study
Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. — Psalm 30:5Joy is rooted in God and His Kingdom, in the surety of His goodness, His love ...
Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study Week Five — Let's Celebrate!
It is finished. ~ Jesus.God has been known to plan a celebration in a cemetery. ~ MaxWelcome to our final week of the Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study!Thank ...
Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study Week Four — Your Death Is Not Final
Anchor Point 3: My Death Is Not FinalO death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? — 1 Corinthians 14:55Don’t cry? Don’t cry? What kind of request ...
Books for Joy, Comfort, Grace, and Fun
Editor’s note: Joy. Comfort. Grace. Fun. Those are our words for this spring! I don’t know about you, but I think we need more of all of the above, right? ...
Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study Week 3 — Cristo Redentor
Then He stooped down again and wrote in the dust. — John 8:8My failures are not fatal. ~ Max LucadoWelcome to week three, the half-way point of the Six Hours ...
Six Hours One Friday Online Bible Study Week 2 — Two Tombstones
I am the Messiah. ~ Jesus to the Samaritan womanYou’ve wanted to take off your mask. You’ve wanted to stop pretending. You’ve wondered what God would do if you opened ...
Six Hours One Friday Week One — Anchor Deep
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. — Hebrews 6:19Anchor deep. Say a prayer. And, hold on. ~ Max LucadoWelcome to the Six Hours ...
Books for a Flourishing Faith
Editor’s note: Don’t you just love books that lift you up? Books that encourage your heart? Books that plant new seeds for your faith? Check out some of the latest ...
Taste and See — That’s a Wrap!
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life.” — John 6:35a NIVYou are the salt of the earth. — Matthew 5:13Hey, OBS friends, it’s wrap-up week! How did this ...
Taste and See Week 6 — Discovering the Liturgy of the Table
After taking the cup, He gave thanks… And He took the bread, and gave thanks and broke it… — Luke 22:17-19We are changed when we give thanks and when we ...
Fiction Friday featuring Denise Hunter
Editor’s note: It’s Fiction Friday! If you’re in the mood for romance, you’re going to fall head over heels for the books in Denise Hunter’s faith-based series, where some of ...
Taste and See Week 5 — Relishing the Olive and Its Oil
And He came out and proceeded as was His custom to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him. — Luke 22:39No matter the struggle, God’s peace is ...
You’re Invited to the Six Hours One Friday OBS
Surely this man was the Son of God! — Mark 15:39If it really happened… if God did commandeer His own crucifixion… if He did turn his back on His own ...
Taste and See Week 4 — Savoring the Salt of the Earth
Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for the soil nor the manure pile; it is thrown ...
Memoirs: Stories of Hardship, Hope, and Faith
Life is all about stories. Stories of hope, hardship, families, struggles, spiritual journeys, and more. It’s through stories that we connect with each other, experience empathy, and understand our own ...
Taste and See Week 3 — Chewing on the Bread of Life
By the sweat of your face you will eat bread (you will eat your food). — God to Adam in Genesis 3:19The Bread of Life came to change the way ...
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