I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.  Galatians...

The angel said to [Mary], “The Lord is with you.”  Luke 1:28b The Lord will stay with you as long a you stay with !  2 Chronicles 15:2b...

Yet I hold this against you, You have forsaken the love you had at first. Revelation 2:4 I know . . . that you are neither cold nor hot....

In the last five years, we have all lost what we believed would not change. The pandemic stole a sense of reliability. We understand...

I spent a frightening time in the hospital supporting our daughter one Christmas. She developed a heart infection that was on the brink...

The Magi receive the award for the longest journey. While no one knows exactly where the Magi started, many connect their origin to...

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and Sunday is the beginning of Advent. It feels like they run together. but maybe they should. Gratitude...

In most of the stories of Christmas, one angel comes to deliver a message. So why did the armies of heaven show up for the shepherds? Did...

Bethlehem…Egypt…Nazareth…the desert…Samaria… Jerusalem…Gethsemane…to the cross…into heaven. Luke 2:4; Mat. 2:13, 23, 4:1; John 4:4; Mark...

Magi from the east came . . . to worship him. Matthew 2:1,2 The Magi made the longest trip. They are the ones who receive the award for...

Though he was in the world . . . the world did not recognize him. John 1:10 The saddest part of the Christmas story is how many didn’t...

I don’t like the panic that finds easy entrance into our world at Christmas. The stressed-out shoppers looking for bargains and finding...