In the service

It occurred to me that often we don't see the service that we do because so much of it happens naturally. There are so many who, like Ruth, are dutiful and take care of others' needs without a second thought.
 

What's in store?

My kids often glean us out of house and home.
 

He went on, ruthlessly

Sometimes these cartoon ideas come to me while I'm teaching my Sunday school class. It's a little awkward to pause in the middle of teaching to write down a gag!

Who can find a virtuous woman?

As per tradition, every July 13 we bring you a snippet of the story of Ruth. This year we see the wedding of Ruth and Boaz.

See, it's my mother-in-law's birthday, and her story is similar to that of Ruth. And just a couple of weeks ago she attended her son's wedding...which just happened to be in Alexandria, Egypt, complete with belly dancers, camels and Bedouins stealing the wedding cake (really!).

So happy birthday, mummy dearest!

Cover me

This is an illustration from The Dutiful Daughter-in-law: The Story of Ruth. It's my mother-in-law's birthday tomorrow, and she was part of the inspiration for the story.

This particular scene is when Ruth goes in to Boaz and asks him to "cover her with his cloak," to signify that he would take her in.

Ruth

Ahh, Ruth! This is yet another of our bookmark series, this one Women of Virtue. What's kind of cool about this particular Ruth is that she's patterned on my mother-in-law. That's because her story is similar to Ruth's. And since today just happens to be her birthday (my mother-in-law, that is...I don't know about Ruth), I thought it would be appropriate to run this today.