Year: 2017

Small

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are…

Waiting for Jesus … Our Peace

Advent: The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event; appearance, emergence, dawn, birth; the coming or second coming of Christ For to us a child is born, to us…

Waiting for Jesus … Our Joy

Advent: The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event; appearance, emergence, dawn, birth; the coming or second coming of Christ Though you have not seen him, you love him;…

Waiting for Jesus … Love Revealed

Advent: The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event; appearance, emergence, dawn, birth; the coming or second coming of Christ This is how God showed his love among us:…

Waiting for Jesus … Our Hope

Advent: The arrival of a notable person, thing, or event; appearance, emergence, dawn, birth; the coming or second coming of Christ And hope does not disappoint, because the love of…

Weird Things I’m Thankful For

In the past, he let all nations go their own way. Yet he has not left himself without testimony: He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and…

A Time to Weep

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and…

Generous

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.” Matthew 20:1 (NIV) Have you ever prayed and…

Getting Up Again … and Again

For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again. Proverbs 24:16a (NIV 1984) Our first kitten was a doozy. Her name was Tiger Lily—“Lily” was added to let…

Face to Face

I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face,…

Yoked

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and…