Author: Katie Shott

A Breastplate and a Crown

It’s been a bit of time since I was a teenager back in Bible class, yet I still clearly remember the leader teaching timeless truths from Ephesians 6 about the armor of God. His words still ring in my ears of how, as followers of Jesus, we are called to

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Faith-Filled and Faithful

Have you ever come to an account or a passage in Scripture and find it hard to engage with, confusing, or maybe it’s a record of historical events and it’s difficult to see what you could learn from it, or how you could apply it to your daily life and

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Faith-Filled Hope

Last year I went to a museum in our city to see an art exhibition of eighteen portraits of different people who had been affected by The Troubles—a difficult period in the history of Northern Ireland, the place where I live. It was fascinating to see how a very talented

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Resurrection Hope

HOPE. Isn’t it such a lovely word? An English dictionary definition tells me it’s a feeling of expectation, a desire for something to happen. But, oh, how it is so much more. As I’ve been thinking of hope recently, I’ve realized how much I use this word in conversation, but

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The Gift of Gathering

Recently this saying came to mind, “You don’t appreciate what you have until it’s gone,” and it got me thinking about things in life that, sometimes, we take for granted.  It’s hard to believe we are three years on from the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic that altered our world

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We Are Witnesses

  A number of years ago, we had the privilege of living and serving God in Jerusalem for a few months. What a faith-enriching experience it was to walk where Jesus walked and to see what we read in the Gospel accounts of Jesus come to life as we spent

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More Than Enough

  When was the last time you were surprised by Jesus?   This thought-provoking question came up recently in our home group Bible study and prompted us to consider that, perhaps, even subconsciously, we have limited God to what we think He can do, how He will work, or how

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Our Shepherd King

“He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, by the sovereign authority of the Lᴏʀᴅ his God. They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored even in the distant regions of the earth.” – Micah 5:4   I wonder, like me,

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Strong, Firm, and Steadfast

I love a good story. One full of ups and downs, twists and turns. A story of “rags to riches,” usually with a hero, some bad guys, a bit of romance, and definitely a happy ending!                                 I love the story of Joseph. A huge chunk—twenty chapters—of the first book in

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Choose Life

Can I ask you a question? Are you indecisive? Are you hesitant in making choices? Perhaps you are like my friend who agonizes over the menu in a restaurant because she just can’t choose, and when we go shopping she comes home empty-handed because she couldn’t make up her mind.

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