by LaurieGreenWestlake | Mar 11, 2025 | Doctrine, Uncategorized, Westlake's Opinion
Bravery is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over fear through faith. And we gals have to get this into our heads, hearts, homes, and world. In the changing landscape of today’s society, we women find ourselves at a pivotal juncture, poised to make...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Sep 15, 2024 | Doctrine, Religion and Spirituality, Westlake's Opinion
*At the end of this blog is a list of end times signs for your contemplation, plus a prayer. Coffee First Ask anyone who knows me well and you’ll hear how I can spend hours at a kitchen or bistro table with a good friend or two plus a cup of joe talking about my...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Jun 20, 2024 | BeBrave Bible Briefs, Doctrine, Religion and Spirituality, Westlake's Opinion
women of the church Read or download this study below More than a blog, deeper than an article, this mini–Bible Brief is the perfect evening or weekend exploration of two passages that have shaped how the church views women and their roles or lack of. You’ll...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Aug 13, 2022 | Westlake's Opinion
In my last writing, Revelation Blog 3, Christ and the Body, we covered the seven revealing letters to the seven churches. I find it fascinating that while John served as a scribe for Christ’s letters, those words were penned with our current-day challenges in mind....
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Aug 6, 2022 | Westlake's Opinion
In our last blog, Revelation Blog 2, Second Things, we discussed my favored method to interpret Revelation—through a lens of literal meaning. Even though some of the imagery in Revelation has been historically outside our limited imagination, as time speeds toward the...
by LaurieGreenWestlake | Jul 30, 2022 | Uncategorized, Westlake's Opinion
I try not to take myself too seriously. But when the question, What is a woman? kept bouncing up in my newsfeeds, I began to wonder if this is a universal mystery I should take a deeper look into. After all, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji B. Jackson couldn’t answer the...