With only little more than two weeks left in Lent, why not add a new twist to your Lenten experience before Easter? If Lent hasn’t been a part of your life, look at this as a two-week exercise in preparation for Easter. Try fasting from God. By definition, fasting is “abstaining from all or some …
“It’s my Valentine card to you, sorry it’s a week late, but we’ve been gone.” I reached down and took the envelope from her outstretched arm; my nine-year old friend, Sadie, would have to stand on her tip toes to be more than four feet tall. Her “card” was inside a plain, white envelope, addressed …
It’s been two weeks since Ash Wednesday. If you received the ashes, they’ve long since disappeared from your forehead. Maybe you missed it this year; perhaps Ash Wednesday and the observance of Lent is just not something you do. Whether you did or didn’t, it’s not too late to stop and reflect on where you …
You’ve heard the same news I’ve heard in the aftermath of the Nikolas Cruz mass murders in Florida. Much of it seems so confusing, so contradictory. On the one hand, we learn that the warning signs were clear: the FBI had access to information that should have tipped them off so that they could have …
“Gene, do you remember what I told you just before we ordained you as a Deacon, you know, that part about being a servant?” I had apparently surprised him, stopping him on his way to the worship service after Sunday School. “Yes, I do,” he recovered nicely, nodding with an accomplished grin, like he had …