Mikki's Posts

First, the name 'Candace' is in the bible. Seriously I missed that! All the name meanings and origins were found at http://www.behindthename.com/ . Second, the meaning of the name Candace, which is... CANDACE Gender: Feminine Usage: English , Biblical (Variant) Pronounced: KAN-dis (English), kan -DAY-see (English), KAN-də-see (English) [key] From the hereditary title of the queens of Ethiopia, as mentioned in Acts in the New Testament . It is apparently derived from Cushitic kdke meaning "queen mother". In some versions of the Bible it is spelled Kandake , reflecting the Greek spelling Κανδακη . It was used as a given name by the Puritans after the Protestant Reformation . It was popularized in the 20 th century by a character in the movie 'Meet the Stewarts ' (1942). That is so cool! I'm reading chapter 7 of the Untold Story of the New Testament Church by Frank Viola. It covers the years 30 A.D to 41 A.D. I'm also reading ahead. A bad habit ...

Just a quick note today. Nothing ground breaking or earth shattering. Which is good because I like the ground right where it is. I was totally stuck today. I had eight questions for my bible study tonight (I was going to phone it in from KY) and I barely got two. I don't understand why I'm not getting more out of this study. Am I not opening myself up enough? Since I didn't get anything down for the questions I called to say I wouldn't be calling during bible study. Now I feel like I copped out a little but I don't feel guilty. I really had/have little to say. So today for my devotions I just dug into the Word and watched some Jellytelly. I really like Psalms, although Joshua almost sucked me in. (digress) You can find Jellytelly at http://www.jellytelly.com/ . It's a somewhat new venture of Phil Vischer, one of the creators of VeggieTales. Except this is mostly puppets. Some animations, lots of live action stuff, and the cutest little puppet kid named Micha...

Wow. A lot can change in a couple months. My first year in Bible Study Fellowship is now over. It's weird. I'm sad to be losing my discussion group. They're a wonderful collage of women from whom I have learned much. They've made me laugh, they've touched my soul and shown me perspectives I could never truly imagine on my own. In another week and half, my ladies Bible study group on Wednesday, which I lovingly nickname my McDanell study, will be finishing up our current book called The Cycles of Victorious Living by Earl and Hazel Lee. It's a good book and I would recommend it. A little birdie called the church bulletin, informed me the Wednesday night group would study Hebrews next. I hope that is true--I'm ready for digging into a book of the Bible study. Lastly, my small group has started a new book. (Yes, I was in three Bible studies this winter. No, I'm probably not doing that again). The book is something Dave L. was reading and thought we'd...