Recently as I watched my daughter apply sunscreen to her two year old son’s face and body I was reminded of a vivid word picture a friend/chaplain had used to explain the word “lavish” to a group of summer campers. She asked “Has your mom or grandmother ever put sunscreen…
Read moreIt’s amazing how we can have the same routine every day and suddenly an unexpected curve appears and everything changes. Life is a precious, fragile gift, albeit unpredictable. Every moment is a unique place we’ve never been. The familiar becomes the unfamiliar. Trusting our unchanging God when we’re traveling uncharted…
Read moreToday is marked National Day of Prayer. All across our country, the emphasis is on praying for our great country. But what does praying really do, does it even change anything? You might ask, “If God knows everything anyway, what difference does Prayer make?” (Matthew 6:8) “Do not be like…
Read moreA few years ago, Hurricane Irene came to our NJ town. And afterwards so did the President and Governor. The aftermath of flooding left our neighborhoods destroyed, people displaced, businesses ruined. But the destruction was selective. While some areas were devastated, others were spared. Among the many affected were two…
Read more“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to…
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