As we close out the year, I sit here thinking over the past 364 days: oh the things that have happened; some sad, some happy and some things that I thought would happen – didn’t. So, the calendar moves on and in a few hours we embark on a new…
Read moreQ 8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.” Luke 2:8-19 (NIV) The first Christmas that I remember…
Read moreOver twenty years ago, my husband and I found a beautiful lighted cross to put on top of our Christmas tree. We would put our manger scene at the foot of the tree each year. The first Christmas we had the cross on the tree; Jim was sitting in his…
Read moreTherefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. I Cor. 15:58 (NIV) Life. So much of it, is just routine,…
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