In our Advent journey brings us to “Joy.”  Are you experiencing JOY?  It is a choice we make based on the promise and Person of Jesus.  As yesterday closed, I reflected over a day of mixed emotions – some positive,… Continue reading

Christmas!  Right after Thanksgiving, my home was decorated for the holiday. My Alexa devices spill the sounds of the Season throughout my house. Yes, it’s Christmas and in spite of my age, I’m loving it!  The story is well known… Continue reading

Fear is as old as humanity. If I asked you today, “Of what are you afraid?” the answers would be many and varied;  aging, poverty, sickness, war, disease, and death – to name of the more common. All of us… Continue reading

Many years ago, when I still had little ones at home, the best time of each day was when evening came.  We shared dinner at 5 then we watched ABC News (Peter Jennings was like a family friend) together at… Continue reading

I treasure those moments when the amazing Presence of the Holy settles on me. Sometimes it is in the sanctuary, in formal worship. Sometimes it is in the middle of the night’s darkness. Sometimes it is just a moment in… Continue reading

Christmas is one of those times when hope is alive, especially in the hearts of children. Christmas lists are made in hope. I am old enough to remember when the Sears Christmas Wish Book showed up and became tattered by… Continue reading

Yesterday, on Thanksgiving, I met a man of my generation who had come to faith in Jesus in the 1970’s during the “Jesus People” spiritual movement that swept America at that time. As he told me his story about conversion,… Continue reading

Christians know this directive – “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18, KJV) I know it, too.  Does that mean we must attempt to exist in a world… Continue reading

Ever had a moment of when something about yourself became crystal clear in an instant, like the proverbial light switch flipped to on? It happened to me yesterday when someone made a casual remark about something in my life that… Continue reading

The young woman visited our church’s Food Pantry and as she gathered some items mentioned that she was selective about her choices since she was living in her car! My heart was touched and as the opportunity presented I asked… Continue reading