Author Archives: Hedy Collver

Legacy

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Janet Garnsey Hall November 6, 1917 – September 16, 2014 Yesterday my Great Aunt Janet passed away, just two months shy of her ninety-seventh birthday. She was one of the most amazing people I’ve ever known. In the 1960s, Janet … Continue reading →

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Plumb Lines

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Amos 7:7-8 (New International Version) This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, … Continue reading →

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High Places

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Hedy Collver

2 Kings 12:1-3 (New International Version) In the seventh year of Jehu, Joash became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem forty years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba. Joash did what was right in the eyes of … Continue reading →

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The End?

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Jonah 4:10-11 (The Message) God said, “What’s this? How is it that you can change your feelings from pleasure to anger overnight about a mere shade tree that you did nothing to get? You neither planted nor watered it. It … Continue reading →

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Drama Queen

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Jonah 4:7-9 (The Message) But then God sent a worm. By dawn of the next day, the worm had bored into the shade tree and it withered away. The sun came up and God sent a hot, blistering wind from … Continue reading →

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Ungrateful

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Jonah 4:5-6 (New International Version) Then Jonah went out to the east side of the city and made a shelter to sit under as he waited to see what would happen to the city. And the Lord God arranged for a leafy plant … Continue reading →

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Temper Tantrum

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Jonah 4:1-4 (New International Version) But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall … Continue reading →

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A Big Turn-Around

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Jonah 3:9-10 (New International Version) “Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.” When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented … Continue reading →

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Taking No Chances

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Jonah 3:7-8 (Today’s New International Version) Then the king issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or … Continue reading →

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The Definition of Recalcitrant

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Hedy Collver

Jonah 3:4-6 (New International Version) Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to … Continue reading →

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