Posts by Betsy
How My Father Cultivated My Faith: He Exposed Me to Great Men of Faith
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure policy here! When my family took road trips, we listened to books on tape (there was no such thing as audible, CDs, MP3s, or Aux cables). There were a few books that we listened to multiple times, and those were Christian biographies. One the most…
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My dad was not an excellent reader. That didn’t stop him from reading his Bible or listening to books on tape. Since he was an artist, he learned visually. If he could illustrate a concept, he could understand it better.Giving flesh to a truth from God’s Word, my father extended this concept to utilizing anything…
Read MoreHow My Father Cultivated my Faith: Asking Eternal Questions
My father was a masterful question asker. Amazingly, he didn’t require much variety in his questions in order to draw out those around him. Each day he encouraged us to spend time reading God’s Word. His encouragement was based on his experience of the heart-changing power of the Bible. At dinner I could always expect one…
Read MoreHow My Father Cultivated my Faith: Cultivating a Love of God’s Word
With Father’s day around the corner, I thought I’d take this week to honor my father by sharing some of the ways that he strengthened my faith. As a young man, my father cultivated the skills of lying, cheating, and stealing. I know this because I heard him share his testimony over and over to…
Read MoreGetting the Most out of Audible
After Christmas break when all school seems tedious, I struggled to find stability in our read aloud time. Unfortunately, I was also taken down by severe allergies, and could barely speak for three weeks without coughing. Audible saved the day. We started listening to audio books in place of my reading, and it expanded to our time…
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