- NEW FRIENDS - He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new.” Revelation 21:5 NEW FRIENDS I’ve been getting rid of paper. Boxes and boxes of paper and one of those boxes (quite a large one) contained old greeting cards and letters. Going through that box took a really long time because I didn’t just throw the contents away. Continue Reading
- EASTER SUNDAY - As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here.” Mark 16:5 The Easter I grew up with was about baskets filled with Continue Reading
- Gideon’s New Beginning - Judges 6: 11-16 11 The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “the Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” 13 Continue Reading
- GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH - When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of Life.” John 8:12 GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH For an unbelieving contemporary of Jesus, his words, “I am the light of the world” must have seemed really audacious. It seems that someone Continue Reading