From the archives, the countdown to Christmas Advent, a Christian ritual celebrating the weeks leading up to Christmas, began this past Sunday, Nov. 27. We celebrated Advent in my Methodist Church when I was a child with its traditional evergreen wreath and four candles. Since…
Can you see it? Can you hear it? Tiny buds form as birdsong welcomes the day. Life wakes up. Everything begins anew. Not a second chance, but a second trillion chance, the seven times 70 of God’s optimism. It is Him declaring His faith, rather…
Joy is the spiritual sister of happiness. Joy transcends circumstances, human emotions, learning and understanding. When we feel it, it is a gift from God. Joy is the third candle of advent, lit this past Sunday, Dec. 12. The following verse from Romans tells us…
There is no peace in the little town of Bethlehem today. Not with a wall barricading the town and its inhabitants, not with the tourists of yesteryear afraid to visit the Church of the Nativity. The main road between Bethlehem and Jerusalem is closed, resulting…
Advent, a Christian ritual celebrating the weeks leading up to Christmas, began this past Sunday, Nov. 28. We celebrated Advent in my Methodist Church when I was a child with its traditional evergreen wreath and four candles. Since I was bugging my mother for a…
What was it about Jesus that compelled those rough, hard-working fishermen to abandon their dawn to dusk jobs to follow Him? Some people who wanted to follow Jesus were simply grateful. Like the possessed man suffering under a legion of demons, but after Jesus set…
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