Last summer while I was hanging clean clothes out on the clothesline to dry in the sunshine and breeze, I was thinking about how my mom and grandmothers used to do this task at their homes. Similarly, as we canned food this summer, I remembered back to watching (and sometimesContinue Reading
God speaks in various ways to different people at different times. When we enter the Advent season it is 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
A few years ago I was asked to do a program on Christmas music. When I began researching, I was amazed at the variety of Christmas songs about the Savior’s birth. There were songs from all throughout history and all around the world. Some were more low key and introspective,Continue Reading
“Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples” (Psalm 96:1-3 NIV). Christmas is an interesting time, isn’t it? In a world that generally seems to be moving at such a paceContinue Reading
Shalom: “The ancient Hebrew concept of peace, rooted in the word ‘shalom,’ meant wholeness, completeness, soundness, health, safety and prosperity, carrying with it the implication of permanence.” ** So, how’s your Christmas preparation season going? Is your “to do” list getting longer or shorter? Are you more of a “Martha”Continue Reading
God of New Life, We thank you for what you are doing in the lives of Christians who have their spiritual ears attuned to your Spirit. We thank you for the ways in which you have used this Covid Chaos season to stop us in our tracks and realign usContinue Reading
The other day I watched a video teaching about the month of Kislev. Never heard of it? Well, as you probably know, the Jewish calendar is different from the Greco-Roman calendar that we normally use. The ninth month of the spiritual year – Kislev – is from November 24- DecemberContinue Reading
“Sorrow and mourning will disappear and they will be filled with joy and gladness” (Isaiah 51:11 NLT). “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy and with my song I praise him” (Psalm 28:7 NIV). When we were teenagers, a cousin ofContinue Reading
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,will guard yourContinue Reading
There was once a man whose passion to tell people about the Lord Jesus Christ led him to be shipwrecked on an island. This man had a strong call of God on his life, which did not waver because he had been arrested for his faith and sent to RomeContinue Reading