Several weeks ago I was visiting a old friend, a woman who has known me since before I met my husband over 30 years ago. As I was leaving her home, she hugged me and said, “Have a wonderful trip. You’re going to the Promised Land!” The Promised Land. Those words sounded so different coming…
Author: Yahulia
Christmas is Not My Holiday & They’re Just Fine
Christmas is not our holiday. It just isn’t. It hasn’t been for over 30 years. It’s just that simple. Every year when one of my adult children says to someone who celebrates Christmas that they don’t, they are invariably asked, “How has that affected you?” making them feel like they have been deprived of something grandiose or that their parents are mean green ogres.
Christmas Myths and Idols
Those who say, “God knows our hearts,” should be well aware that He does know our hearts and He knows when our hearts are behaving in ignorance or rebellion. We have no excuse. “God knows our hearts,” should bring ‘fear to our hearts’ because as the prophet Jeremiah says, “The heart is more deceitful than anything else and mortally sick. Who can fathom it?” (Jeremiah 17:9).
A Chat about Voodoo
Recently I had lunch with a woman who shared with me that she makes and uses voodoo dolls. She explained that she believed because people have inherent powerful energy within their minds, they can transfer this energy to others through objects such as dolls. I listened politely to her tell me how one time she…