On Mother’s Day, Mom always wore a corsage of white roses to church. Used to be that was the custom–if your mother was no longer with you, you wore white flowers; if she was still here, you wore red flowers. That tradition has probably flown, like so many. I’m blessed every day to be the […]
Apr 17, 2024
The Sight of a Blind Man
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It was just another day in the life of Bartimaeus. He sat beside the road in the dust, the sun beating down on his head and back, hoping that a few kind-hearted people who passed by would give him enough money to buy food. That’s the way many blind people made a living in those […]
Mar 29, 2024
A Special Friday
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How could the day that the Lord Jesus died have been called anything but horrible, heart-breaking, anguished? An explanation is that it was once called “God’s Friday” but through translation, was interpreted as Good Friday. Then, there is the German word, Karfreitag, sorrowful or suffering Friday. Whatever it is called, it is a day for us […]
Jan 6, 2024
The Day of the Wise Men
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Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem — (Matthew 2:1). Today is the day Christians celebrate the Epiphany, when wise men from the East bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, came to find and worship […]
Dec 26, 2023
Boxing Day
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And now, mail resumes, banks re-open, people go back to work, and I’m grateful for another 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 some […]
Dec 25, 2023
Christ Is Born!
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May the peace of candlelight, The warmth of firelight, And the love of Christ Light your life this Christmas and in the year to come.
