Our parish Adult Education committee chose “All Creation Waits” by Gayle Boss as it’s Advent Study. I decided to join the group discussion last night as I have been taken with the book. I find that it slows me down and for a short while takes me inside the life of the animals I mostly…
“Whatever was written previously was written for our instruction,that by endurance and by the encouragement of the Scriptureswe might have hope. ” Rom 15:4 This summer my husband was determined to get us all up to a mountain. I hadn’t been for several years due to an injury and I was eager to go too….
“Let it be done to you according to your faith” Mt. 9:29 These are the words that Jesus uses while healing the blind men. Before this Jesus asks, “Do you believe that I can do this?” Interesting that Jesus requires the recipients of the miracle to already accept that they will be healed. It made…
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. Mt. 7:24-25 My father in…
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” Ps. 23 It was a big day in our house, my eldest daughter bought her first car. She has been working a part-time job for a while now and saving almost every penny so that she could purchase something. With the help of her grandparents, she…
“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see” Luke 10:23 This passage is called in my bible, “The Privilege of Discipleship.” I found it about a month ago when I was trying to make some decisions about where I wanted to be. Trying to get some clarity. The word “privilege” stopped me short. On…
“Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith” Mt. 8:10 There were so many directions that I could have gone with this reading given the current hijacking of the mission of Jesus Christ. But, honestly, I just don’t want to. We need a break from that. Yes, we…
“Let us then throw off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light;” Romans 13:13 Here we are again, in the season of light, experiencing a dark and dreary day due to a snowstorm. Because of this, it was hard to find my mojo and tap into what I wanted to bring…
So today is day 4 (3) of the Impeachment hearings and I am feeling like my Writers Block has finally lifted. I finally feel like I can write without an overflow of anger. Right now, I am just grateful. Most people are doing their jobs and that is all we can do. So, what shall…
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,whose hope is the LORD.He is like a tree planted beside the watersthat stretches out its roots to the stream:It fears not the heat when it comes,its leaves stay green;In the year of drought it shows no distress,but still bears fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8 I have always had…