Author Archives: suemariericker

Strong Delusion

Posted on September 8, 2025 by suemariericker

After creation, the story of mankind starts out in the book of Genesis with one BIG deception (the snake in the garden), and as you read through the Old Testament, you’ll encounter other situations with people being deceptive, such as … Continue reading →

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More Like Them Than We May Think

Posted on July 5, 2025 by suemariericker

Every year I go through the same frustration; yet I know how the story goes, and I hope and pray that I learn from their mistakes—and don’t make the same ones! I have made the same or similar mistakes, though. … Continue reading →

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Not Too Broken

Posted on April 24, 2025 by suemariericker

“For it was you who created my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. Your works are wondrous, and I know this very well.” (Psalm … Continue reading →

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Sourdough Bread

Posted on April 7, 2025 by suemariericker

Lest you think I’m going to become a food blogger, rest assured that I am not. I started making sourdough bread (something I have wanted to do for a long time) about 6 or 7 months ago. It has been … Continue reading →

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Ashamed

Posted on November 14, 2024 by suemariericker

[This is the last blog I wrote, and I didn’t post it. If you look at the date of my last post, you’ll notice that I have written much less frequently as time went on. Then I started writing this … Continue reading →

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A Conundrum

Posted on February 9, 2024 by suemariericker

Something Jesus said has bothered me for quite a while. Well, I don’t necessarily have a problem with Jesus making the statement as I do with understanding what He said—it is concerning a conversation Jesus had one day when He … Continue reading →

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Hard to Understand

Posted on September 30, 2023 by suemariericker

If anyone understood the grace of God, the apostle Paul did! “I thank Him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because He judged me faithful, appointing me to His service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, … Continue reading →

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The Leaven of Herod

Posted on August 4, 2023 by suemariericker

The Leaven of the Pharisees Interestingly, I (and I am sure not only I) think about Jesus’ teaching concerning the Pharisees, particularly the admonition to “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,” as relating to the followers of Jesus then, … Continue reading →

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My “Jesus Revolution”

Posted on April 19, 2023 by suemariericker

The theater was dark, though we got there early. A few people trickled in, but not many folks for the first showing Saturday morning. There were some young people, including my daughter and granddaughter, though I’m not so sure my … Continue reading →

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Adversity

Posted on March 21, 2023 by suemariericker

Adversity is a word that I don’t use, or I haven’t used very much. I think it is somewhere outside of the familiar with me, something extreme that hasn’t often been my experience. It is used in the Bible, in … Continue reading →

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