Musings

Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. —1 Corinthians 13:4b-5a (NLT) We start demanding our own way quite early in…

Love is patient, love is kind. —1 Corinthians 13:4a NIV They had one child. She was born with cerebral palsy. She needed the kind of care that made them realize…

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. —1 Corinthians 13:1 NLT…

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

… for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth…

Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body. —Proverbs 16:24 NLT Ask my husband. Or my children. Or anyone who knows me. I talk…

You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. —Psalm 139:16…

You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in…

This series combines a study of God’s Word with a Christmas carol or song. This week’s song is Mark Lowry’s “Mary Did You Know.” Mary, did you know that your…

This series combines a study of God’s Word with a Christmas carol or song. This week’s song is Katherine Kennicott Davis’s “Little Drummer Boy.” I have no gift to bring…

This series combines a study of God’s Word with a Christmas carol or song. This week’s song is John Mason Neale’s English translation of the ancient hymn “O Come, O…

This December 2019 series combines a study of God’s Word with a Christmas carol or song each week. This week’s song is Audrey Assad’s “Winter Snow.” You came like a…