It isn’t often that one can write a brief expose that not only endorses heartfelt missions but marital commitment and patience as well. I get that chance this week in briefly sharing with you the story of Robert Moffat and Mary Smith, and it is a beautiful story to...
"Rain rain go away come again another day..." That's the song I was singing the day before the Fall Fun Fest. Weather forecast for the day...100% chance of rain! I was concerned that the weather would keep families away, but it was the opposite. I think we had...
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. –Colossians 1:13 Sunday we will begin a one-month study in Paul’s letter to Philemon. It is a...
As I continue this short writing series prepping us for our advent series in December (Great Expectations: The Songs of Advent), I turn to an old poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that has become a stalwart of the Christmas carol season in America. Longfellow was born in Maine in 1807...
It sounds a bit trite to say that I am a fan of C.S. Lewis' writings. Who isn't? Christians and non-Christians alike delight in the manner in which he turned a phrase, the depths of his insight into the human condition, his quick wit and his ability to weave rhythm and rhyme into...
I have been a fan of John Donne's poetry for many years now. Donne was born in 1572 in London, England. He is known as the founder of the Metaphysical Poets. Some other noteworthy poets in this category include George Herbert, Richard Crashaw and John Cleveland. The...
I am currently in the process of writing the Advent devotional for 2019, and so, even though it is only the early fall, my mind is often on the events surrounding December, the time of year we celebrate the incarnation of God’s Son and his first advent (“arrival”) into our...
Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. – 1 Peter 5:5 This Sunday we return again to what some have lightheartedly been calling our “yogurt study,” referring to our Oikos &ndash...
… the LORD was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? And what was the one God seeking? Godly offspring. So guard...
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” -Matthew 28:19-20...
