Seeing Life From the Highest Vantage Point
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson After church one day I bumped into a friend. Without preliminary small talk she asked “What has God been doing in your life lately?” Imagine my surprise. I mean, what had He been doing? Puritan pastors believed the Bible compels God’s people to have such conversations. They called it the [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson On a Lord’s Day while in Burma a pastor put a note on his motel room door with instructions not to clean his room. When the cleaning lady asked why, he told her that he serves the God that gives one day of rest in seven. She was amazed and [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson In our day of self-esteem and blame shifting, we are not good at repentance, and it would be well for us to practice more. I cannot recommend better mentors in this regard than the glad Puritans. In Valley of Vision, a book of Puritan prayers, they repent of their repentance [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson I may envy George Washington his courage, perseverance and faith, but I do not envy him his medical care. I mean, blood letting for a sore throat…. I would prefer the illness to that cure, as Washington would have too–if he had lived! The writers of Examining Alternative Medicine urge [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson I recently heard a delightful story of a young woman, Christine, who fell deeply in love with a piano player, Martin, at Bible School. The only problem was that he was unaware and going out with another girl. After one year she transferred to another school, but when she heard [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson We need a theology of suffering because we are all planted in rocky soil, and when suffering happens, we need encouragement to push our roots deep into the comforts and presence of God. Some of the best grapes in the world are grown around the foothills of Montsant, Spain. The [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson Recently I bought an inexpensive Tracphone from Walmart for texting and calling. At home I looked at it more closely and was shocked to find that it gives access to the Internet. How was I to know? I am 54, for Pete’s sake, and do not even remember seeing a [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson Not so long ago, I landed in a ditch — a communication ditch. The children wanted to be excused from an activity. I can’t remember what it was. But wanting to please, I gave permission. Later I had second thoughts and talked with my husband about why the request [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson Let me introduce you to an old friend. I first met Martyn Lloyd-Jones nearly 35 years ago in his book, Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure. When I feel depressed, I often pull it off my bookshelf. Intensely clear and deep, it never fails to refresh me, and I come away [...]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson Our 20-year old daughter Ruthiey came home with a big decision to make. She had asked for time off of work for an extended hike on the North Shore in Minnesota. But she had already taken a month off, and her managers said that if she took off additional time, [...]
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