[It has been a distracting week. I have only a skeleton of thoughts to share inspired by Sunday’s message entitled: “Who will roll away the stone?” It was taken from Mark’s gospel account of the resurrection in Mark 16.—LS] Who will roll away the stones in our lives–those things we are powerless to either change […]
“Is Christmas ruined?” She asked it of me hoping for reassurance that despite the tensions in the air and the tears streaming in the wake of relational heartaches, despite the upheaval of a house up for sale and an impending move, despite the sadness of moving away from all that’s familiar and loved… despite all […]
The prospects were bleak. The odds overwhelming. Most everyone else had retreated trembling to await their fate. They had no weapons for defense. Their leader had a sword but no idea what to do with it… They were stuck, helpless, like sheep without a shepherd while wolves ravage the flock. The story is a very […]
It’s been a very rainy week. The grad party squeaked by with just a bit of drizzle, but not enough to keep the kids inside. Thank-you, Lord! But Monday, it rained. And Tuesday. And Wednesday. Thursday afternoon we jumped on the tandem when the road had dried between showers and got a hundred yards up […]
“until Christ be formed in you…” Mary said ‘yes’ to the angel who announced she would give birth to God’s own Son, but there were still nine ordinary months of gestation before that baby would be born. Just as regeneration, being ‘born again’, is a work of the Spirit, so is growing in grace to […]