Tag Archives: Faith

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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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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Can’t Get There From Here!

Posted on February 8, 2023 by suemariericker

I have some close ties to a religious cult (a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious, and its adherents). When I believed the things they believed, I didn’t consider it to be cultic, and I am sure they don’t, either. … Continue reading →

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Silent Night

Posted on January 21, 2023 by suemariericker

My parents were married on Christmas Eve in 1939; about eleven years (and a couple of sons) later, I was born. Four and a half years after that, my mother died. Christmas Eve was always special to me, but it … Continue reading →

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Keep Looking Up!

Posted on December 20, 2022 by suemariericker

I’ve heard the saying, “You don’t appreciate what you have until it is gone” (or something like that—I’m not sure I got the quote exactly right). For an example, as an American, I don’t really know the extent of freedom … Continue reading →

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