FORGIVENESS

Forgiveness. A word that can spark such a variety of thoughts and emotions – dare I say even all at once for some of us. I wonder at those who can seemingly forgive with ease. I wonder at those who can forgive extreme hatred and wickedness. Yet that’s what...

Mourning

Have you ever felt like you were mourning someone before they were gone, and you didn’t even know who ‘they’ were, yet you were in mourning? As I ponder this, my thoughts go to Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus, as she anointed Jesus’ feet before His crucifixion...

Children of All Ages

The writing of Dr. Seuss books started at a time when the reading levels in American education were being questioned as literacy was declining. As people started taking notice and seeking ways to turn the decline around, an unexpected author came on the scene: Theodor...

A Bouncing Tumbleweed

Driving home after church, I saw a tumbleweed skipping across the road … until another moving car caught the edge of it with its tire and it split into a hundred pieces. And I had to chuckle, because our Pastor had just used the symbolism of a tumbleweed in his...

Powerful & Effective

We all were kids once. There were definitely times that we wanted something so badly, and we asked again and again (and maybe again)! “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” James 5:16b  Read by itself, this can be easily misconstrued. How easy...