When you get this note it will either be just before Christmas or just after Christmas. It all depends on the mail. If it is before, I wish you a very Merry Christmas filled with the Spirit of God as you acknowledge His incarnation—God with Us—Emmanuel. It is the good news of joy, peace, hope… Read More »
Getting Ready for the Holidays
Getting Ready for the Holidays Well, we all know that the holidays are coming upon us. We are already being bombarded with Black Friday ad enticing us to spend money. Rightfully so since so many people’s livelihoods depend on people doing so. For some the first sentence might read “we all know the holidays are… Read More »
A Short Christmas Message
Allow Christ to Touch You this Season We live in a region where you open a news app you find news of killings, accidents, fires, natural disasters, and feuding politicians. However, did you know that you can get news that is not so bleak and depressing. I did a survey of the internet and found… Read More »
Inspiration for the World
See how you can finish this phrase using the correct word. There is no inspiration in all the world like…… I posed this before the Tuesday Bible Study last week at the conclusion of studying Romans 6:1-14. The first responses included “grace”, “forgiveness”, “eternal life”. Although those words could fit the phrase, it took some… Read More »
Highlights Article August 24, 2022 Mourning
Mourning is often described as outward and inward expression of grief over a death. Jesus does not say much about mourning except the promises of eternal life which should be our comfort. The Apostle Paul felt the same way when he said we do not weep as those without hope. It was the custom in… Read More »
Graduation Time
Whenever people ask me how I like retirement in terms of leaving the teaching profession, I always return with a statement like this, “I finally graduated from high school 10 years ago.” That usually gets a laugh for those who understand that I have been in school as a student and or as a teacher… Read More »
50 Years in the Ministry
May is a special month especially as we see that the weather improving, flowers blooming, and more people gathering for ballgames, picnicking and other outside activities. May is a time of graduations and celebrations. Couples even plan weddings to take place in May. I just saw one in the park the other day while walking… Read More »
Easter News
“Alleluia, Christ has Risen.” No better words could be spoken. No better news could be delivered. No better promise could be made. “Praise God, Christ has Risen!” The news came to the three women, to the disciples, to 500 who witnessed it and has been carried on down through the centuries to us. Why has… Read More »
New Year Challenge 2021
A picture depicted a man jumping over a gulf to get from one cliff to another. One side was marked 2020 and the other 2021. The gulf was quite wide and it appeared that the man might not quite make the jump. I saw two meanings in the picture. The gulf was wide enough to… Read More »
Coronaversary – Don’t Let Your Guard Down
It may be difficult to fathom that it has been one year now since we started dealing with Covid 19. Someone has termed the phrase “Coronaversary” but I doubt anyone is prefacing it with “Happy” or doing any celebration. It has been my observation the last week that many people are letting their guard down… Read More »
