“Tell your children about it in the years to come, and let your children tell their children. Pass the story down from generation to generation.” Joel 1:3 37 years ago I left Pennsylvania, my “home”, with my hubby and baby daughter for what would become a 33 year absence from…
Read more“Sabbatical or a sabbatical (from Latin sabbaticus, from Greek sabbatikos, from Hebrew shabbat, i.e., Sabbath, literally a “ceasing”) is a rest from work, or a break, often lasting from two months to a year. The concept of sabbatical has a source in shmita, described several places in the Bible (Leviticus…
Read moreIn Mark 6:14–29 we read the account of the beheading of John the Baptist. I read this recently with my son. Quite an interesting story to read in God’s Word, would you agree? One part really stuck out to me. Read verses 18-20. “For John had been saying to Herod,…
Read moreLast Thursday was our last day of school. The bright sun has been giving us days with temperatures in the 90s and some 100s. I’ve also noticed how the days are getting longer. It definitely feels like summer is here! Each year when the coldness outside is replaced with warmth…
Read more“……We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. Through suffering, these…
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