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A Good Samaritan
As the daughter of an inner-city pastor in Chicago, I accompanied my dad on holiday deliveries. When we carried a turkey into the kitchen of a membe…
11 months ago
True Joy
What an exciting promise that our Lord is giving to us in this passage. He wants His joy to be in us and when it is, we will experience a peace that…
11 months, 1 week ago
A Hug From God
The other day I received a hug from God. There was no white robe, beard, or staff. The hug came from a woman dressed in navy blue pants and a floral…
11 months, 1 week ago
Prayer-to-Praise Cycle
An 83-year-old church member was recently diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. I asked him to share how he had experienced God’s comforting pr…
11 months, 1 week ago
Slow, Rest, Savor
As I considered retirement, I was excited, yet anxious. Life in retirement seemed to have more unknowns than knowns. One of my retirement “knowns” w…
11 months, 1 week ago
Take Care
Here are words that you might hear or speak: “I can care for myself.” “I really do care about something, but there are times when I don’t care about…
11 months, 1 week ago
A Fragrant Presence
During the years my mother was in a nursing home, we would often struggle about gifts to bring her for her birthday, Mother’s Day, etc. Usually we w…
11 months, 1 week ago
A Little More E
We have biblical accounts of Jesus’ compassion to help others. I think of the mother in the funeral procession for her son, and Jesus gave the son b…
11 months, 1 week ago
Sharing God’s Grace
Isn’t it interesting that the Lord chose Paul, a once persecuting enemy of the church, to be one of the most influential apostles? In Acts 12:17, Pe…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
When Jesus Wept
The adults at the funeral home stood back, not knowing what to say to the grieving grandfather, but his four-year old grandson climbed into his lap.…
11 months, 2 weeks ago