by Erika VanHaitsma | Jul 30, 2020 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
There are dark pages in any nation’s history. Unfortunately for Israel some of her darkest are written down for everyone else to read. And one of the darker stories is found in Judges 19. If you need more recap read last week’s blog. (total disclosure...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Jul 23, 2020 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
This is a dark story. It’s not for little kids, and it’s certainly not for the faint of heart. There’s an ugliness that can’t be ignored and an evil that compels pure disgust and dread. I am not a feminist. But I am a strong woman. I feel...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Jul 16, 2020 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
Right now we live in a culture that loves to vilify history and all who came before us. And no one is safe. From writers to missionaries, saints to sinners, politicians to people of interest. Apparently it is our job today to hold up to the microscope those who came...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Jul 9, 2020 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
I once heard of a seminary Professor who took his extremely confident and zealous class of soon-to-be-preachers to a cemetery. And there this Professor introduced his young students to a man. A man who by that time had been dead and in his grave for a number of years....
by Erika VanHaitsma | Jul 2, 2020 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
Church, it’s time we stop letting the world define love. I have seen numerous posts lately which have the same basic premise. “Because I love/care about…, I do….” Or even the opposite sometimes, “Because I hate/disagree...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Jun 25, 2020 | Sunday Morning Thoughts
If I was to ask who you “who or what is the problem with America today?” I’m guessing we would all have similar responses. We might name a specific person, a specific group, or even a specific action. But how many of us would say “Me. I’m...
