As I grow older, I encounter more and more mysteries: why can’t I run like I used to? Instead of springing like a gazelle across the ground, why do I chug along like a car with bad spark plugs? Time was I could hear a whisper through a closed door. Now my conversations are punctuated […]
Apr 1, 2013
How We Worship
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Easter Sunday morning the church was overflowing with worshipers. Before the singing commenced, several people were baptized. The baptistry is beautiful with a large, colored glass mosaic of Jesus in the background. I thought of the church I attended when we lived in the little house under the big oaks, before my family moved to […]
Mar 31, 2013
Because the Tomb is Empty
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To me, Easter is the happiest of holidays. Those who loved Jesus had seen him endure a slow and agonizing death on the cross. When He was placed into the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, their hope was buried with Him. Grief and despair consumed them. But then came that glorious morning when the women […]
Mar 30, 2013
Eggs and Snakes and Dark Chickenhouses
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Easter Eve! And tomorrow children will be coloring and hunting those symbols of new life…eggs! Eggs clean and white from the store. But I wonder how many have ever gone into a shadowy chicken house and searched through straw-filled nests in a quest for eggs? On the farm, that was my job. Going to get the […]
Mar 29, 2013
Why This Friday Is Good
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Good Friday. Thunder rumbles above us and the blessed rain falls. I’ve often wondered why this day before Easter is called “Good”. Perhaps it is because it was good for mankind that God’s plan of Salvation was completed as Christ died on the cross that day. But in actuality it was a most horrific day, […]
Mar 28, 2013
When the Past Becomes the Present
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My dear cousin sent me a connection to a website for our family reunion which is coming up this summer. If any of my family want more information on this, email me and I’ll direct you to her site. Anyway, that got me started thinking about families. I can only imagine the surprise on the […]
