Possibility: Born for Such a Time as This

Week 52 We say it, “With God all things are possible,” but do we believe it?  While we do not know what a day might bring, we have hopes for an entire year ahead of us, things we would like to do, things we would like to accomplish if the Lord should give us the...

The Best Time of the Year for Sentimentality

Sentimentality Week 51 “But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.” (Luke 2:19) Christmas is a special time of year, when memories are made and when we remember the past, hopefully the best things.  It is a time of year when our eyes frequently...

How good is Unity!

Week 50 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” (Psalms 133:1) Our nation is called the “United States of America,” and we are not.  This past week my Sunday school class did a progressive dinner, a Christmas party! If...

Integrity Has Its Rewards

Over coffee …. Week 47 This Thanksgiving weekend I will be brief and single-minded, not always easy for a mind that seems to race!  Recently I was reading through the “Kings” and was struck by this verse: “And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy...

The Power of Thankfulness over Negativity

Week 46 I begin with a prayer: “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in...