A couple of weeks ago I celebrated my 74th birthday. Along the way I’ve learned some things. The most obvious…
We shouldn’t be surprised when hard times overtake us. The Bible tells us they will come. Job 5:7 declares, “…man…
2020 was one of hardest years in recent memory and I’m not sure the end is in sight. The pandemic…
Life can be difficult at times. A beloved parent dies, you lose your job, your child gets in trouble or…
As we near the end of another year, I am thinking of all the things that bring me pleasure –…
Joy is a many-splendored thing – a strange and wonderful mixture of love and laughter, pain and sorrow, life and…
Joy is a many-splendored thing. It’s special moments like births and baptisms, things that only happen once. It’s your sixteenth…
Many of us live in a constant state of fatigue. We are tired, bone weary, from the inside out. A…
The abiding presence of God is always with us to strengthen and sustain us. The manifest presence of God comes…
At least for one day each year, the world pauses in its mad busyness and our hearts turn toward home.…