What good are Birthdays now and then, Except to think what might have been; Unless we know of Whom we’re born; Who brings New Life, each day, each morn. Whose Eyes, to See; Whose Ears, to Hear; Whose Mind, to Understand How we, so small, so lost in time Are part of...
Jerry drove 30 minutes to our daughter’s house after sitting in church two hours. When we got there he took off his prosthesis and sat in his wheelchair for two more hours. As is the routine, he suggested (letting me know that our time together was coming to an end)...
This month the Kwansan Cherry tree is taking the spotlight from the prickly Bradford Pear. Like the Bradford Pear the Kwansan Cherry is an ornamental (no fruit), a hybrid planted only for its showy pink blooms. It grows 30-40 feet high and wide . Growers say that it...
Behind every person is a possibility. As I thought of writing this article three people came to mind; all are young men, each in his twenties. Jerad is dying of brain cancer. Don will soon graduate from college with a degree in History. Darren is married, and needs a...
“Are you clothed with humility?” Andrew Murray leaves us with this question in the third chapter of Humility. To understand what he is asking we must look carefully at this most important chapter in his book. PDF I am led to ask another question, “What does real...
The trees with white blooms that are donning our landscapes this time of year are Bradford pear trees. From a distance one tree can appear to be a solid mass. After the blooms the tree has dark, glossy leaves through the summer; and in the fall the leaves turn to...
I have heard the message from Matthew 28 on the Great Commission in different places, from different pulpits, from tracts, television, from different pastors, etc.? It is always accompanied with the sense of guilt. The last time I heard it was no different, but my...
LIFE in Christ for those Left Behind To the family, parents, and friends of one who has committed this final act I want to share God’s comfort. Such a death can bring grief that is sometimes greater than what is experienced in losing someone by natural means. ...
LIFE in Christ for Those Who Are Desperate “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3 As distorted as life may be; as distant as God may seem to you; as distressful is...