Hope for all seasons
“Auntie Jess, please sing one more song!”
I was babysitting my best friends’ two little boys while they indulged in a much-needed date night. The...
This night
Cracked earth clumps in pieces
mortals falter in this desert of lostness
burned wicks of hope trampled dreams
earth cries for droplets of rain
not prepared for God’s...
Promises, puzzles and Pentecost
Pentecost, a 50-day time span beginning Easter Sunday, celebrates culminated promises and a new beginning. The story of Pentecost in Acts 2 contains some...
The Magi Scandal
Imagine being a resident of Bethlehem 2,000 years ago. One cold evening you hear a commotion outside. You open the door and see smelly...
Merry Christmas, Herod
Who do you identify with most in the Christmas story? Not the one with the Red Ryder BB gun, but the one set in...
The Simeons and Annas among us
I don’t like waiting in lines. Never have. Recently my family spent over two hours crossing the border into Canada to visit family that...
What angels long to see
One cannot tell the Christmas story without including angels. Who has seen a Christmas play that has not included one or more adorable children...
Why me?
“Why” is one of our standard childhood questions. Truth be told, the further along in life the more “why” questions we may have. Why...