It was early December and I was driving my children over an hour to a distant mall to do some Christmas shopping. We were finally nearing the exit that would take us there. I smiled and sang quietly along to the song playing on the radio. Then just as we pulled off I...
"This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it." (Psalm 118:24) The happy flock of sparrows were jumping and hopping as if they were on little pogo sticks. They were, indeed, having a fun afternoon in the sun outside the coffee shop. The...
When I was a boy I used to love walking in the woods around my home. My Mom warned me several times never to travel so far that I would lose sight of the house. Being a typical boy, however, I soon found myself hiking further and further away, testing just how far I...
"Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble." (1 John 2:10) It had been a long, hour and a half drive to the Veteran’s hospital. My brother and I had gone to visit my Dad who had been admitted days...
"...giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light." (Col 1:12) I turned on the television as I made my breakfast this morning. The commentator was going on and on about a family's bitter fight over a...
"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." (Phil 4:8) It was my freshman year of college and I...
My daughter made her first attempt at cooking her great-grandmother's spaghetti sauce the other day and unlike her father she got it perfect the very first time. Using my Nana's family recipe she carefully mixed just the right amount of tomato juice, olive oil,...
I had a wonderful dream last night. It was one of those powerful dreams that come when you are half-way between waking and sleeping. It was also one of those special dreams that stick in your mind and stay in your heart. In the dream I was just a boy again walking...
Let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation. My soul shall be satisfied as...
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face...