One thing that weighs heavy on my heart as a parent is helping my children understand why these biblical virtues are important. They will hear so many conflicting “truths” from the world and we have to help them know how to see the difference in the short years we have them under our wing. So…
Let’s refresh what we know about George Washington. He was not very well educated. He attended school for about 5 years. Those who knew him described him as not affectionate or charismatic. He was a great leader of the Revolution and our country’s first President. By all accounts, he was an admirable man. So why…
Ruth Ruth got married! …and then her husband died, along with his brother and father. Ruth was left with her new sister in law, Orpah, and her mother in law, Naomi. Naomi told both girls to go back home because they were now without husbands and she was without any more sons for them to…
The world has different truths for every thing, situation and person. Worldly truth is always changing. One of these changed truths is that virtues don’t depend on morality. Morals are not really necessary when the world thinks of virtue or what a virtuous person might look like. The virtues that are important and praised in…
Recently, I was asked what virtue meant to me and how I would define it. I’ll pose the same question to you as we start this 5-week series on Virtue. What does virtue look like to you? The dictionary has multiple definitions for virtue. One is, “behavior showing high moral standards,” and another is “a…