As we near Easter Weekend at the end of this week, I want to encourage everyone to remember exactly what Jesus said right before His life here on earth came to an end. His last words, after being scourged and hung on a cross to die, were words of forgiveness.…
Read more“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” ~ Zechariah 9:9 (ESV) For years I thought about the people…
Read moreThere are times when reading the Bible, I find a passage that causes me to pause, to meditate, to dig deep into its meaning. Recently I explored one of those passages. “For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to…
Read moreWe live in a world of numbers. Hold that thought for a minute while I take us back to a time long ago and far away. My grandchildren look at me with wonder when I tell them we didn’t have cell phones when I was growing up. They cannot…
Read moreThis weekend our 3 beloved dogs found their way out of the yard. Unfortunately, we did not notice that they had escaped until hours after they had been out. After driving around and having no luck finding them, we took to social media to spread the word asking help for…
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