When I was a child growing up in Maine, our church was diagonally across from our house, sitting on a hilltop.  Every Sunday morning, the church’s bell would begin to peal calling us to Sunday School – and then to…

Our hearts and minds seem to be always turned to ‘thankfulness’ during this month.  Not that it’s the only time that we are thankful, but with such a wonderful family holiday, the ‘spirit of thanksgiving’ pervades.  We love sitting around…

I had returned from Romania to Massachusetts just a few days before and happened to be home all by myself one October evening.  Sitting at my kitchen table, I had my Bible open and was meditating on John 15.15 –…

There is a well-known female speaker whom I love.  Usually, I am completely disinterested in Christian Women Speakers.  It seems all too often that the depth of their subject matter is desperately shallow – and when I am wanting some…

As I encounter another birthday this month (forgive me for not saying which one), I am more and more grateful for the Bible’s description of what our heavenly bodies will be like.  I absolutely love God’s assignment for me in…