This week has been a week I’ve seen prayers answered. I’m talking about having my devotions and feeling I needed to call someone whom I speak with a few times a year. Before I had the chance to pick up the phone and dial the number, the phone rang and…
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Life has a crazy way about being crazy. Just when you think everything is falling into place, you look up and something comes out of nowhere, sweeps you off of your feet, and you are left in a whirlwind. Is it possible to be grounded through the ups and downs…
I’ve been reading about Saul and David. You know, the ones from the Bible. I was reminded that while Saul was king of Israel, God’s presence had left him and David was anointed as the next king. In an effort to calm Saul, David was asked to play the harp…
January is halfway done. Are you ready to quit on your new goals? Or, have you not even made them yet? I like goals and I like lists, but I’ve not taken the time to do my annual list on paper. I have, however, already started making my goals in…
The holiday season just past and most holiday traditions center on getting together with family and spending time with one another. Family can invoke both positive and negative emotions, as well as frustrating and loving thoughts. If the idea of family can conjure up mixed feelings, why do we seem to…
The wise men came bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh when they came to see Jesus for the first time. Why were these gifts of significance? Gifts were typically given to kings when people came to see them; therefore, gold and expensive oils would have been of significance especially when…
Yesterday was a Hallmark movie kind of day for me and I sat down to watch “Naughty or Nice”. It’s a movie about a girl who finds the Naughty or Nice Book that Santa Claus uses each year for his list. What she finds out, though, is there is another…
These are heavy and dark days with the killings in Paris. People killing other people. Not by accident. People are taking the time to methodically plan to kill other human beings. They are willing to take a life and kill based on religion. I want you to hear this loudly: religion….
Jesus grew up in Nazareth which is very close to Zippori, some call it Sepphoris. This was the town that was being re-built by Herod Antipas in the time of Jesus’ life and was a major hub in the region of the Galilee. Herod Antipas was one of the sons of…
Brian and I were in Israel last November and I saw many of the places where Jesus was when He was on this earth. I saw where He was born, where He grew up in Nazareth, where He helped Peter on the Sea of Galilee. “He was here” is what…