“Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things…” (Psalm 98:1 NIV) October may seem like a strange time to be talking about new things in life, but maybe (strangely enough) it’s the best time. While a lot of people wait until January 1 to makeContinue Reading

As I mentioned earlier this week, last weekend was the celebration of Rosh Hashanah – a new year. The Jewish holidays are set up so that the New Year is followed a week later by the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur – a day of repentance and holiness.Continue Reading

“Forget the former things;    do not dwell on the past.See, I am doing a new thing!    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wilderness    and streams in the wasteland.” (Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV) Have you noticed that God seems to do New Things whenever he wantsContinue Reading

“It Is Time to Clear Out the Clutter and the Clatter” by Robert Hotchkin, Maricopa, AZ I tend to keep things fairly organized, but one of my methods of organization is to use stacks and piles; that way everything’s not strewn about, and I can look at a pile andContinue Reading

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning… The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son,  who came fromContinue Reading