Do you ever consider the women of the Bible – Deborah, Ruth, Esther, and the rest – and think, “Wow! Isn’t she amazing? I wish I could be like her”.

2015/05 A Word To Women “Can that which is unsavoury be  eaten without salt?” (Job 6:6) Salt is found in every kitchen. Those who are health conscious may add little salt but plenty is found already in almost every food. We need salt to live and even our tongues have special cells designed to help

If we consider the first woman, Eve, we could say “She came! She saw! She disobeyed!”. Eve had every privilege possible at creation.

2015/07 A Word To Women “A little leaven leaventh the whole lump” (Galatians 5:9) Last time we considered salt in the Scriptures.  In this issue we will look at leaven. Leaven is a raising agent that most of us will have in our kitchens. Some use yeast to make bread, while others use baking powder

Are things going well for you just now? Do you sail happily on the sea of life with just the odd ripple threatening to spoil a smooth journey?

2015/09 A Word To Women “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2) What lessons there are to be learned from the contents of our larders!  I don’t imagine that there is a single reader who won’t have milk in her fridge. Milk is one

Are you taking measures to ensure that you are ‘in good shape’ spiritually? Often, with so much to accomplish in a day, we can feel overwhelmed, worn out, and perhaps agitated or uptight.

2015/11 A Word To Women “Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.” (Leviticus 24:2) When I was a child, olive oil was kept in the medicine cupboard. Often my mother warmed it and used it to soothe painful

2016/01 A Word to Women “The tongue is a little member.” James 3:5 I love little things – tiny ornaments, for example. But some little things don’t thrill me; insects such as flies and earwigs come to mind! In James 3:5 we are told, “Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.

2016/05 A Word to Women “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines.” (Song of Solomon 2:15) Vineyards are not a common sight in the British Isles. Last summer we visited the palm house in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, and there we saw a beautiful vine laden with grapes. In warmer