My beloved husband Jack died on September 23, 2012. For years I encouraged him to write his stories, but he preferred to tell them—over and over again! I occasionally wrote a blog post about Jack, perhaps including one or more of his favorite stories. On the morning that he died, the house soon filled with … Read more
1 John 3:16-24 (ESV) 16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. 17 But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in … Read more
1 John 3:1-11 (ESV) 3 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will … Read more
Although I followed the tradition of eating black-eyed peas for luck in the coming year, I know black-eyed peas aren’t lucky and the number 13 isn’t unlucky. There is no such thing as “luck”—our lives are in the hands of a loving, almighty, all-powerful, holy God. So often we are quick to blame God if … Read more
On the Seventh Day of Christmas, we recognize the Circumcision of Our Lord. Luke 2:21 (ESV) 21 And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. Holy God, Jesus came from Heaven fully God and fully … Read more