Joseph F. Radosevich

I traveled to Louisville last weekend for the Greek and Hebrew for Life Conference hosted at my alma mater, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. They do conferences called Southern Academy for alums and friends. This is the second time they've done Greek and Hebrew for Life. Here are a few thoughts: I appreciated that they focused on using biblical languages in ministry and devotion. Ultimately, ministry should come from devotion and lead to devotion. Dr. Betts' breakout on Hebrew noun morphology was amazing and changed my life. Other students in the class were blown away too. I went to his next breakout on verb morphology, and it was such a help too. A student in that class also was exclaiming about how his explanations made so much sense. The best place to learn Hebrew right now is probably Boyce College with Dr. Adam Howell. What he's doing is incredible by combining morphology, reading the Old Testament, hearing, speaking, and reading. It is so good. I loved being...

This last Sunday, I finished praying through the Psalms during our church's Sunday morning service. Every week, I pray a pastoral prayer. I usually pray through a Psalm as a way to keep my prayers fresh. I use the language and themes as inspiration and pray them for our church, community, and world. Most people don't know that I'm praying a specific passage. I've only mentioned it to a few people. I started praying through the Psalms over 3 years ago instead of finding a Scripture to pray each week. I know that it took over 3 years because sometimes I have been gone, other Sundays I pray something else that is on my heart, and I prayed each stanza  of Psalm 119 on separate Sundays (that's 22).

Fiction Leave It to Psmith , P.G. Wodehouse. This is such a funny book. Wodehouse is a master at storytelling and writing.  Miss Buncle's Book , D.E. Stevenson. Emma recommended both of these fiction books. This is a fun, sweet, well-told story about a woman who wrote a book about the people in her town. They find out, and their lives (and her life ) are turned upside down. Non-Fiction The Air We Breathe , Glen Scrivener. This won several awards a few years ago, so I grabbed it when I saw it on a free rack. It is so good about how the world we live in is shaped by Jesus. It's written mostly for those who reject Christianity, but it bolstered my faith and reminded and taught me how world-changing Jesus is. 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden , Carolyn Male. Tomatoes are my hobby. I loved this. I learned a few things but mostly just enjoy hearing how other tomato enthusiasts garden. Current Reading Knowing Christ , Mark Jones. I've had tears in my eyes twice this we...

I read a couple of blogs that show their harvest every Monday and describe conditions and varieties. I can't do a Monday post each week, but I thought I'd share 3 varieties of veggies and flowers from our garden in June.  Top left is Fiesta Time hollyhocks . They are shorter than normal varieties because they top out at 4 feet. I love it because they look like little pink fireworks from across the backyard. The lower leaves at the base are pretty ugly, so I have a some palm sedge that I hope fills that in and makes it prettier. Top right is National Pickling cucumbers . I love this variety because it produces tons of blocky cukes intended for pickles. You can eat them fresh, but we have another variety for that. We usually have to throw away some cukes every year because we get so many. We may sell these at the farmer's market near here later in the year. Last year, Emma told me to pull up the plants early because she was sick of all the cukes and had made enough pickles to...