Thirty years ago today, we said “I do.” We made a committment to love, honor, and cherish; to stand by each other for better or worse, richer or poorer, through sickness and health, good times and bad. Until death do us part. I was a bride for one day, but…
Read more“Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.” Philippians 2:3-5 This upcoming weekend, my beloved and…
Read more“But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” 2 Peter 3:8 (NIV) Time. There are days that it speeds by at break-neck rates. Other times, the seconds tick what seems…
Read moreAs the Scriptures say, “A man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one. Eph 5:31-32 Paul paints a…
Read moreI’m enamored with water. Whether it’s watching an ocean roll onto the shore, the serenity of a still mountain lake, the energy of an overflowing water fall or the sound of a rushing mountain creek, I am captivated by its sights and sounds. This winter I paused at the juncture near…
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