The Gift

As write this, Christmas is two weeks away and I’m looking at my bare (fake) Christmas tree. I did manage to put out my manger scenes and that truly puts everything else in perspective. The other morning I come across a chapter in my bible that we don’t normally connect with Christmas. But as I … Read more…

It’s Costly

I would like to share a timely reminder that the Lord has put in my path. Again and again it brings me to a place of deep contemplation and conviction. It truly tests the metal of the quality of my “service for the Lord.” Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure … Read more…

Here and Now

We have just finished out another season of women’s bible study. We spent nineteen studies looking into the book of Hebrews. My admiration for the authors passion and skill to present the sufficiency and superiority of Jesus has increased to the nth degree! Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit the author was moved, I … Read more…

The Lord Our Banner

You have given a banner to those who fear You, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Psalm 60:4 This morning the Lord gave me a fresh word and a renewed vision as I was reading Psalm 60. Over the last three years we have witnessed a major shift on the moral and spiritual … Read more…

Thus Far

I just celebrated my sixtieth birthday over the Christmas season. Yes, I said celebrate! I’m grateful that God has allowed me sixty years of life and BTW, in the bible aging is an honor in the eyes of God. I’ve run the gamut on the whole anti-aging thing and I’ve decided to embrace this season … Read more…

Hurry! Don’t Miss Out!

Throughout this past holiday season, I woke up every morning to my email inbox flooded with the high-pressure sales tactics of the advertising world. It’s really a very clever industry. Advertisers get into your head and create a sense of urgency and need and before you know it, you buy into the “got to have … Read more…