Monthly Archives: September 2019

The Far Left’s Medium, Message, and Method–Maybe Not What Many Think

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Many people are upset today about the fact that even though another effort by the far-left branch of the Democrat party to fatally demonize their nemesis, President Donald Trump, with what they promised was another “something” that … Continue reading

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Google Genius versus God Genius: No Contest

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein. (Psalm 24:1, Berean Study Bible) From the unimaginably small world of quantum computing comes the news (before it was taken down … Continue reading

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On Calming the Mind, Emotions, and Spirit in the Fog of the Fray, 2019

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila Say What? As I listen to the increasingly divided thoughts from both sides of the political aisle these days, I see more and more how those opposed to facts, stats, and common sense seem to only dig … Continue reading

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Overcoming Fools: What King David Learned from Abigail–Wisdom for Believers in 2019

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila 2 A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. 3 His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was … Continue reading

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On Resisting the Oppression that Darkens the Political Landscape

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila …remain in the love of the Lord… …and in the shelter of His wings… Have you ever noticed that when oppression seeps in, colors fade, turn ominous? For example, have you seen color photographs of

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2019: “Here There Be Dragons”–But Also Divine Assistance (Prophecy Chart # 4 Re-Posted)

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila On Dragons There is something about the expression used by the ancient  cartographers “Here there be dragons” that stays on my mind. I can picture the old maps, threads of faded ink on fragile parchment, outlining, intersecting, … Continue reading

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Part 8: “Then they came (for my ancestors)”–Searching for the Mame-Loshn* in the Promised Land and in the Borderlands

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila *”Mother tongue” (Yiddish) The Mame-Loshn  When we recently found out that ancestors on both sides of our family were Jewish (Ashkenazi), one side of the family by DNA tests and documents, the other, by oral history, it … Continue reading

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On the Good, the Bad, the Ugly–and the Saved

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I came across this fragment of a Charles Bukowski poem… A poem is a city filled with streets and sewers filled with saints, heroes, beggars, madmen, filled with banality and booze, filled with rain and thunder and … Continue reading

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On Sensory and Spiritual Deception–and “The Last Time She Saw St. Peter’s Square”

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila I saw a photograph of something called “dazzle camouflage” (see below) which got me to thinking about how easy it is to trick the senses–and the spirit. It also got me to thinking about how powerful deception … Continue reading

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On the Power of Words in Politics and in Relationships (a Reminder and an Encouragement)

Phyllis Beveridge Nissila On the Power of Words in Politics  Several verses in what I call “today’s chapter in the book of Proverbs,”* chapter 12, pretty much sum the deplorable and heartbreaking state of political chatter these days. I should … Continue reading

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