“The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.” (Proverbs 4:18-19 NIV) Recently I attended the funeral service for a man I’d never met. His sonContinue Reading
After taking about 5 weeks off, last week I began another year of reading through the Bible using “The Bible Recap” plan. This year, instead of reading in the New International Version (NIV), which has a very handy audio version, I decided to read in the Amplified Bible (AMP). TheContinue Reading
I was reading an article entitled “A 2024 Wish List: Sanity at Home and Stability Abroad.”* In this article the author enumerated his list of what needs to happen in the next year, and he closed this list of mostly geo-political items with the following sentence: “May this be aContinue Reading
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths. Who may climb the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? Only those whoseContinue Reading
[Happy New Year!] Change. Transition. “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” “God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” “It’s all the same, only the names are changed.” “When you go through the storms I am with you…you are mine.” “Not everyone likes the new things.”Continue Reading
God speaks in various ways to different people at different times. When we entered the Advent season, it was as if we are going back to the time between the Old and New Testaments of our Bible. For those 400 years God seemed silent to his chosen people. They had hadContinue Reading
“Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.” (Isaiah 42:9 AMPC) Several years ago I was introduced to the idea of a “Word of the Year.” In practice, this means to pray and ask GodContinue Reading
You probably know that the Christian year begins with the first Sunday of Advent (the fourth Sunday before Christmas) and that Christmas is the second season in this year. Did you know that the “liturgical” season of Christmas is only twelve days long – lasting from Christmas through Epiphany whenContinue Reading
Some parts of the Bible come with questions and assumptions. The story of the visitors from the East is one. “Jesus was born in Bethlehem near Jerusalem during the reign of King Herod. After Jesus’ birth a group of spiritual priests from the East came to Jerusalem and inquired of the people, “Where is theContinue Reading
Have you ever found yourself DONE with Christmas as of December 25? You’ve spent weeks (maybe months) doing parties, presents, decorating, cooking, more presents, more gatherings, then church services and you are just done, Done, DONE! with Christmas? Or you’ve studied the Matthew 1 & 2 and Luke 1 &Continue Reading