When a Bible Story Won't Leave You Alone Have you ever had a Bible story keep tapping you on the shoulder? Not in a loud, lighting-from-the-sky kind of way, but more like a quiet nudge from the Holy Spirit saying, "There is something here, keep digging." That has been me with Ruth. Most of us know the book of Ruth as the sweet love story tucked inside the Old Testament just after the more graphic hero stories of Judges. Ruth the widow, a devestated mother-in-law, a field, a kind man named...

F ollow me down memory lane for just a moment. You are siting in front of your TV/VCR box with the rabbit ears reaching high into the radio waves. Your mom just popped in that black rectangle of endless entertainment (assuming your rewind button works). You’re sitting there criss-cross applesauce in a clothes hamper on the brown shag-carpeted floor, waiting for the fun to begin (que the inspirational tunes of Disney magic). You begin to hear that little Cricket sing his number, “ When you...

" D o I want healing my way, or God's way?" That was the question I asked myself as I stood in my bathroom, tears streaming, a bottle of...