Hope

  Yesterday is a part of forever, Bound up in a sheaf, which God holds tight— With glad days and sad days and bad days, which never Shall visit us more with their bloom and their blight, Their fullness of sunshine and sorrowful night  Isn’t it strange how long a night can grow Ere morning […]

Life

Last Sunday was Sanctity of Life Sunday,  begun by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. It is a day to commemorate the sacredness of human life and call attention to the many lives lost due to abortion. I am unashamedly pro-life. I believe I’ve heard all the arguments from pro-choice people. I don’t wish to hear […]

The Day After Christmas

And now, mail resumes, banks re-open, people go back to work, and I’m grateful for another wonderful Christmas with my family. In many countries, this is Boxing Day, and I don’t mean it’s a time when we put on gloves and solve all our differences with combat. The day after Christmas is a day when […]

Christmas Day

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given” (Isaiah 9:6). Merry Christmas!

Advent Candles

Our family has the tradition of lighting Advent candles on the Sundays before Christmas, then reading  Scripture. The soft glow of the candle is peaceful and silent but it reflects a powerful message of hope and love. I wish that our world would stop for a moment and absorb this quietness and peace. Doesn’t Scripture […]

Giants and Other Obstacles

“Got any rivers you think are uncrossable? Got any mountains you can’t tunnel through? God specializes in things thought impossible. He can do things others cannot do.”                         –Author Unknown That little chorus is running through my mind this morning. Many of us learned […]