by Erika VanHaitsma | Dec 23, 2018 | Christmas
Would it ruin Christmas for you if I told you it probably didn’t happen the way we normally picture it? First, I need to admit that I love Nativities. I have several nativity scenes in my own home. However, I don’t think they’re very accurate. The reality of the first...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Dec 8, 2018 | Christmas, Sunday Morning Thoughts
There’s a famous hymn that was written during the Civil War called “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”. The older kids and I studied the Civil war at the beginning of the school year and it was heartbreaking. Every family knew someone who died. Many...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Nov 23, 2018 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
Amos 3:8 The Lion has roared – who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken – who can but prophesy? One of the names of God in Scripture is the Lion of Judah. Sometimes I think we focus too little on the fact that our God is compared to a lion. Jesus...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Nov 7, 2018 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
For school with the kids last year I read through a biography of Adoniram Judson, one of the first American missionaries to Burma in the early 1800s. It was an incredibly hard book to read because Mr. Judson gets hit by one bad thing after another. He – buries 2...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Oct 24, 2018 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
“Lord, I need You. Every hour I need You” I’ve been praying that prayer more often these days. Sadly, not because I am growing spiritually but because I am being brutally honest with God for the sake of my children. Right now life often feels crazy...
