“Pilate answered, “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?” Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered […]
“Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” ~Psalm 27:14 I’ve never liked waiting. The thought of it makes my inmost being twist up into knots of impatient despair. Over the years I’ve learned to distract myself as […]
“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” ~Luke 2: 1-7 When I think of Christmas I think of being home with my family. I think of the tree with the same ornaments we’ve hung on it since I was just a toddler, of the food my mom makes only during this time of […]
My parents like to tell me the story of when I was a child and would offer to pray over a meal. I would start my prayer and begin to thank God for every single item present on the table and my prayer wouldn’t end until I had mentioned everything […]
7 Sometimes I wish everyone were single like me—a simpler life in many ways! But celibacy is not for everyone any more than marriage is. God gives the gift of the single life to some, the gift of the married life to others. 1 Corinthians 7:7 How many times have I […]
