Read the
Web Devo:
Dip Into Jesus
by Rhonda Rhea

[Read: 2 Kings 5: 1, 9-14]

Even though there are lots of dippers in my family, I am so not one of them. I think people should eat their food and drink their drinks and never the twain should steep. I’m not sure why so many people think that their solids and liquids have to come together to make something that can no longer be classified as either.

I guess that’s why I’m not a big dipper. I’m not a little dipper either. I won’t dip, don’t ask me. To me, dipping is pretty close to an illness.  As a matter of fact, when you’re soaking a cookie and mess up on the timing, you have to watch a perfectly good cookie with a composition that’s reduced to mush. I call that Oreo-porosis. Vitamin-fortified milk doesn’t help.

And what about when you leave your tasty little morsel even longer than too long and the entire thing caves? It’s a total crisis of dunking. Do you fish for the lost cookie or donut or whatever (not exactly a high-class move), or do you have a little time of mourning and just let it go? And then when you get to the end of your drink, what do you do with the semi-solids in the last swig? Chewing your drink? That’s just wrong.

I don’t know, maybe it’s a pride thing, but...[read more]

When can you hear Rhonda on the Radio?

Rhonda just finished recording 10 new spots for Focus on the Family. How Exciting!

Focus on the Family's "Weekend Magazine" reaches 800 stations in the U.S. and Canada, plus a few in Australia.

Who Put the Cat
in the Fridge?

For all those who are rolling their eyes over the mega-challenges of family life, or for those who would just like a good, endorphin-inducing chuckle connected to a spiritual charge, this book will provide just that.

No Need to Pillage the Village

Wow, is it easy to get sucked into the holiday shopping madness, or what? I did about as much shopping as I could stand that first shopping week. And let me point out that normally I can stand a lot of shopping. But around the Christmas season, I lose a lot of my stamina. Maybe it’s because instead of the Christmas spirit, so many people have more of a bliss-less spirit. It should be the opposite, shouldn’t it? But there’s so often exactly zero glee. Even less patience.

I was pretty sure I got overcharged when I was out shopping, for instance. But I didn’t say anything. Why? Because, as my daughter pointed out, the sales person was a very sturdy, very Nordic-looking woman with one eyebrow and no smile and I feared her greatly. I certainly didn’t want to kick off any needless pillaging and/or plundering.

We need a Jesus-reminder every single step along the way as we celebrate the season. Have you ever thought about the fact that on that first Christmas, there was no shopping? Weird thought, isn’t it? The good news of great joy the angel announced to the shoppers…I mean…the shepherds…was the amazing news of the Savior’s birth.

Keeping watch over the sales by newspaper? Keeping watch over the e-mall by Internet? No way we ever want a life focus anywhere in those neighborhoods. The season is all about remembering the birth of our King, and celebrating that history-rocking, eternity-locking birth of Jesus, our King. Not “Vi”-king. THE King.

What a wonder that Christ was born as a less-than-sturdy human with our eternal salvation as his one purpose in coming. And what a wonder that he came knowing that the cost of our salvation would be his very life. No blue light special. No two for one. No other sale of the season can compare with our eternity purchased with the blood of Christ.

The redemption he purchased on our behalf is absolutely all we need. No department store carries what we can receive from Christ at no charge. And that puts the glee right back into the season.
 
Incidentally, another source of glee infusion? The fact that there’s no real pillaging required from any of us. No need to plunder either. Instead of plunder, we can enjoy the wonder.

Merry Christmas to you, my friends!

If you’re searching for gifts for those impossible-to-buy-for friends and family members, consider a taste of “White Chocolate.”

Baker-Revell Publishing has released several copies of the book to Rhonda, so she'd be happy to send an author-autographed book to you as a gift for someone on your list.

You can order an author-signed copy right from Rhonda for $13.99 ($10.99 + $3 packaging and shipping) here.

What do Others Say about Rhonda's Christmas Book?

“Great holiday therapy! Rhonda's a hoot! I’m Dreaming of Some White Chocolate is a slap-your-leg funny and read-yourself-sane volume. If Christmas sneaks up on you like a herd of harried elves and leaves your nerves in a wad, you're going to love Rhonda's lively recipes for turning mistletoe-madness into marvelous-music. She's relevant, relational, and right on! Come join the party—don't miss this toe-tapping offering!”
Patsy Clairmont
Women of Faith Speaker - Author of All Cracked Up!

And if you have special girlfriends to buy for (or you’d like to pick up a gift just for you), Thelma Wells says High Heels in High Places “is witty, warm, whimsical, wise, and worthy of reading.

Read and see—you'll be glad you did. The shoe might just fit!” And High Heels has a helpful discussion guide built right into the back of the book.
Click Here to Order from Amazon.com