Jen Petersen

Read: Hebrews 13:15-16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have. (v. 16) Respectful. Responsible. Kind. The school my children attended used these three words to help

Read: Hebrews 13:8-9 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (v. 8) When I was a baby, my doctor told my mother that it was best to lay

Read: Hebrews 13:1-7 Let mutual love continue. (v. 1 NRSV) When I had two children in elementary school, I was constantly signing student homework planners to keep track of what was

Read: Hebrews 12:14-15 Strive for peace with everyone. (v. 14) Each year we plant a small garden in our back yard. The kids can pick cherry tomatoes for snacks and I

Read: Hebrews 12:3-13 Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees. (v. 12) I’m wonderful at making plans to get in shape. Following through on them? Not so much.

Read: Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses . . . let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

Read: Hebrews 11:23-31 By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land. (v. 29) Sometimes I look around at the people in the church and think, what a

Read: Hebrews 11:8-22 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. (v. 16) In our family, we have two philosophies of campfire tending. I tend

Read: Hebrews 11:1-3 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. (v. 1) Planting a garden is an act of hope. When I plant