It is the morning of Thanksgiving, and I’m looking forward to a turkey dinner with our family later today. We’ll follow the hallowed traditions of the day:  kids rampaging through

Returning to Your Inbox The “Word of the Week” blog came to many of you regularly all through 2019, but the pandemic combined with several personal and professional changes to

Let us therefore draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16 NASB) “Dad,

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.  (Luke 1:41) Last Sunday our pastor lit a pink candle.  As

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.  (Matthew 11:30) We live in a culture of overload. Alarm clocks go off, phones ring, emails and texts pile up. 

Pray without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians 5:17) The apostle Paul was never shy about issuing impossible demands.  Take the trio of compact commands he gave in 1 Thessalonians 5: Rejoice always.

You cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24 NASB) Missing a paycheck is a nuisance. Missing two paychecks really pinches your budget.  Going for weeks without pay is frightening. We

And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. (Galatians 6:9 NASB) Florence Chadwick had already swum

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. (1 Corinthians 13:11a NIV) Sometimes children can calculate remarkably well. 

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.. (Romans 8:18 NASB) Suppose

For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. (Ephesians 3:14-15 NASB) Trivia question for today:  How

Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand. (Philippians 4:5 ESV) The political climate in America these days is not known for reasonableness.  I just read