"Jesus replied: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two...
Everybody’s a celebrity in somebody’s eyes. The high-profile, obvious ones might be athletes, olympians, singers, or movie stars. It could be a mom or dad to a young child, or perhaps an older sibling. Maybe a student would have a teacher filling that role, or a ball...
My dear friend and neighbor gave me some new books recently. As I looked through them I decided to follow the advice of one of my favorite authors, Leo Buscaglia. Taking Leo’s lead then I ignored the covers, skipped the introductions, and dived right into the middle...
"And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Matt 22:39 NIV) My neighbor that lives just down the hill from me has "adopted" the family that lives across the road from her. She joyously calls their children her grandchildren and the mother and...
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. 13 Share with God's people who are in need." (Rom 12:12-13 NIV) My new dog, Snoopy Girl is a morning person. She starts the day at full speed chasing her tail, the cats, and the other dogs. She wolfs down...
A married couple appeared in court to finalize their divorce proceedings and as the case continued, the unfaithful, husband seated next to his young, stunning mistress, looked over to his soon to be ex-wife and gazed a few moments. It has been years since he actually...
When I was expecting my oldest son, my due date was Valentines Day. I was pretty excited when I learned this bit of information, and throughout the next few months, I found myself hoping that my baby would actually arrive on his due date. I couldn’t think...
"He (Jesus) spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of Heaven is like leaven (yeast), which a woman takes and hides in three measures of meal until the whole is leavened." (Matthew 13:33 KJIIV) The recipe's instructions were to add the following ingredients as...
"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. Not everyone who says to...
Is it any wonder that God admonishes His children to study the scriptures? We could not begin to learn all that God provided for us when we accepted His offer of sins forgiven with just a casual reading of a verse or two when we have our devotions each day. Have you...