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Tyrant vs. True King: The Life King Herod Missed www.janetbenlienreeves.com/2025/12/tyra...
Tyrant vs. True King
King Herod was a mentally unstable tyrant whose paranoia led him to murder anyone he viewed as a threat to his throne. He not only murdered ...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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“Hope is the melody of the future. Faith is dancing to that melody right now.” —Jim Cress
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Hope is the melody of the future. Faith is dancing to that melody right now.” —Jim Cress
“The antidote to greed is wonder, and the antidote to scarcity is gratitude.” —Travis West, “The Sabbath Way”
November 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“The antidote to greed is wonder, and the antidote to scarcity is gratitude.” —Travis West, “The Sabbath Way”
“After I read some Russian novels, I realized that the red ants didn’t just ride green tanks and wear their high boots only for war, they also danced hand in hand with their lovers in big beautiful ballrooms.” —Homeira Qaderi, “Dancing in the Mosque” #SundaySentence
September 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“After I read some Russian novels, I realized that the red ants didn’t just ride green tanks and wear their high boots only for war, they also danced hand in hand with their lovers in big beautiful ballrooms.” —Homeira Qaderi, “Dancing in the Mosque” #SundaySentence
“I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” —Booker T. Washington
September 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.” —Booker T. Washington
“Surely, everything that comes from the hand of such a Master-artist as God has something in it of himself.”—Charles Haddon Spurgeon
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Surely, everything that comes from the hand of such a Master-artist as God has something in it of himself.”—Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“Every time we open our Bibles, we must remember that almost every word was written by someone who was tortured, imprisoned, a refugee in hiding, or some combination thereof.” —Scott Sauls, A Gentle Answer #SundaySentence
August 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“Every time we open our Bibles, we must remember that almost every word was written by someone who was tortured, imprisoned, a refugee in hiding, or some combination thereof.” —Scott Sauls, A Gentle Answer #SundaySentence
“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.” —Parker Palmer
August 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.” —Parker Palmer
“When something brings meaning to our lives, our enjoyment of the thing is made most complete when we share it with others.” —Scott Sauls, A Gentle Answer
August 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“When something brings meaning to our lives, our enjoyment of the thing is made most complete when we share it with others.” —Scott Sauls, A Gentle Answer
“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” —Corrie ten Boom, Tramp for the Lord
August 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.” —Corrie ten Boom, Tramp for the Lord
Self-discipline is choosing to do what you don’t want to do in the moment because you do want the results. I will go for a walk because I want to stay healthy. I will sit down and write words because I want to finish my book.
August 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Self-discipline is choosing to do what you don’t want to do in the moment because you do want the results. I will go for a walk because I want to stay healthy. I will sit down and write words because I want to finish my book.
“One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters.” —Aragorn (J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Two Towers)
July 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“One who cannot cast away a treasure at need is in fetters.” —Aragorn (J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Two Towers)
“I walk to unravel panic’s thousand fingers braided through my insides—false roots.” —Khadijah Queen, “Tower”
July 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“I walk to unravel panic’s thousand fingers braided through my insides—false roots.” —Khadijah Queen, “Tower”
“The truth of that took a long time to settle in, and for a good bit they were quiet, the air around them almost holy.” —Karen Kingsbury, “The Beginning” #SundaySentence
July 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“The truth of that took a long time to settle in, and for a good bit they were quiet, the air around them almost holy.” —Karen Kingsbury, “The Beginning” #SundaySentence
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” —bell hooks
July 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.” —bell hooks
Who says bees are scary? www.janetbenlienreeves.com/2025/07/a-ne...
A New Box of Bees: My Close Encounter
My son is a novice beekeeper. He trained for several months under a mentor. Then in May, he purchased his first box of bees, which has alrea...
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July 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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"I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten." --J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Two Towers" #SundaySentence
July 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"I have forgotten much that I thought I knew, and learned again much that I had forgotten." --J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Two Towers" #SundaySentence
Writing a book is like wrestling an alligator—not that I’ve ever wrestled an alligator. But pinning down all those flailing words and ideas, exhausts, I imagine, just the same.
June 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Writing a book is like wrestling an alligator—not that I’ve ever wrestled an alligator. But pinning down all those flailing words and ideas, exhausts, I imagine, just the same.
