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Standing Resolute

Saturday, January 01, 2022
This year’s resolutions are too often last year’s reframed regrets.Think about your list. Do the items look vaguely familiar? A survey showed the most popular include: lose weight, exercise more,... Read More

Kindness: A Respite for Our Souls

Friday, December 24, 2021
The smallest gesture of kindness can refresh someone’s soul. While waiting for assistance recently, a young adult with a developmental disability suddenly announced to me, “My daddy just died from... Read More

Chosen by Grace

Monday, December 20, 2021
It is so easy to read the Christmas story, year after year, and not see anything new. But the other day I took the time to read the footnotes in... Read More

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

Monday, December 13, 2021
Christmas. Just that one word can evoke images, feelings, and memories as unique and varied as the individuals that have them. Time honored traditions, the presence of family, beautiful decorations,... Read More

Advent: The Coming of Christ

Thursday, December 02, 2021
Although Advent is not formally observed by every Christian church, we all do things to prepare for Christmas. Yes, I definitely decorate my house the weekend after Thanksgiving! But this... Read More

Thanksgiving

Wednesday, November 24, 2021
I am thankful. Thank-filled. Thankful, not because of rightness in this world. It is not. Not because it will get better. It might not. Thankful, thank-filled, because my hope rests... Read More

Word's Worth

Monday, November 15, 2021
“Word” is an interesting word. It looks like “cord” and “ford”, but it rhymes with “bird” and “third”. My mother loved words in all their many idiosyncrasies. She loved the... Read More

Obey, Love, Walk--Part 2

Monday, November 01, 2021
Living in times of contention and division, we crave guidelines for navigating the murky waters of the world. These are revealed in the truths of Scripture. God knew His people... Read More

Obey, Love, Walk

Friday, October 15, 2021
At summer’s end, many of us found ourselves sending off our children into one of the innumerable “firsts” of their lives: kindergarten, middle or high school, college, or a first... Read More

Clouds and God

Friday, October 01, 2021
I remember my father saying “I love a buttermilk sky” while admiring a scenic view of puffy little clouds. By fourth grade I’d discovered there was no official “buttermilk sky"... Read More