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What's in a Name?

Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Mary and Joseph had been on the road for days. An order from Caesar required that everyone go to his own town to register for a census that was being... Read More

Ruth: Feast from Famine

Tuesday, December 08, 2020
The book of Ruth opens with “a famine in the land”—a stark contrast to the common “once upon a time” prologue that points us to palaces and princesses. Ruth wasn’t... Read More

The Magnificat...Mary's Song

Tuesday, December 01, 2020
It’s the first week in December and I am in a state of catalogue overload. Each day’s mail brings another batch. Top that with those pesky online ads targeted specifically... Read More

Being Thankful

Thursday, November 26, 2020
“When a person doesn’t have gratitude, something is missing in his or her humanity.”Elie Wiesel-Jewish writer, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivorI am writing this in late summer of 2020, hoping that... Read More

Giving Thanks in All Circumstances

Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you (1 Thessalonians 5:18, ESV). This is the directive given by God, to us... Read More

Casting Our Cares

Sunday, November 15, 2020
The familiar biblical phrase, casting our cares upon Him, recently came to mind. The cultural tensions in my country and around the world demand my attention. I also feel my... Read More

Your Legacy: What are you leaving behind?

Sunday, November 01, 2020
I recently bought a new Bible. It was not an easy decision. I had been using my old one for over 25 years and it was comfortable and familiar. But... Read More

Today is All You've Got!

Thursday, October 15, 2020
We are indeed living in challenging times, the likes of which most of us have never witnessed before. Anxiety, fear, uncertainty, division, unrest, and despair are unparalleled. Our time seems... Read More

Small Bites...New Mercy

Thursday, October 01, 2020
She almost died. We were in Nashville and our vet called us saying our dog, Coco, was not doing well. If you’re a pet owner, you know that feeling—the weight... Read More

Steadied...COVID-19 Memoirs

Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Where do you start to speak about this crazy year of 2020? Who knew at Christmas of 2019 that within a couple of months the Wuhan flu would become the... Read More