At the beginning of a new year I often set goals for the year. I started doing this many years ago, and I find it a helpful discipline. Looking back at my goals for 2010, I divided them into these categories: Career; Writing; Health; Family; Financial; Spiritual; Emotional. I set…
Read moreAdvent is “the arrival of a notable person, thing or event” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Preparing for the birth of Jesus, the MOST notable person ever to live on earth, is the purpose of the Advent season, one of my favorite seasons of the year. After Thanksgiving I…
Read moreBut this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all…
Read moreMy youngest son and I recently saw the movie “First Man” about Astronaut Neil Armstrong. I remember the thrill of watching the rocket explode in to the sky that July day in 1969 — and images of a man on the moon. Wow! In one of the previous flights in…
Read moreMy husband preached on Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 1:15-23 today, on praying for God’s family. He began by referring to verse 17 – we pray for the saints to “know God better.” I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the…
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