by christydistler | Jan 31, 2018 | Novel Ramblings
The Peaceable Kingdom (Edward Hicks, c. 1834) exemplifies Quaker ideals. Today on Colonial Quills, I’m talking about how William Penn received the charter to Pennsylvania, and the many religious groups that came to the commonwealth as a result of his “holy...
by christydistler | Jan 1, 2018 | Faith and Grace, Word of the Year
If you follow personal blogs, you’ve probably heard about Word for the Year. At the beginning of each year, you pick one word (and maybe a verse to go with it) to focus on for the coming year. This year I picked Follow, along with Psalm 119:105:...
by christydistler | Dec 27, 2017 | Novel Ramblings
Today on Colonial Quills, I’m talking about the eighteenth-century beginnings of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania’s Christmas city. We’d love to have you join...
by christydistler | Dec 25, 2017 | Advent Conspiracy
It’s Christmas Day, and tonight we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. God’s greatest gift to us didn’t come as a king demanding to be served but as a king who served in love. Throughout his life, Jesus’ actions were a human reflection of God’s unconditional...
by christydistler | Dec 24, 2017 | Advent Conspiracy
If we really think about it, Christmas is all about love. When God created the world, everything was perfect—until Adam and Eve disobeyed and humankind started on its downward spiral into hatred, jealousy, rebellion, and suffering. But separation from him wasn’t what...
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