Category Archives: Personal

For those of us who adhere to various streams of the Christian faith, Christmas represents the “summit” of the calendar year, with Advent marking the final ascent. Ideally, we’ve reached the summit by keeping the true meaning and spirit of Christmas alive in … Continue reading →

Today’s devotional includes the following exhortation from Isaiah 55: Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in … Continue reading →

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. I have a big decision to make sometime in the next week. Depending on circumstances that no one can foresee, this decision could have implications for the … Continue reading →

In today’s reflection, Gail Godwin’s comments cut right to a very special place in my heart. She writes: “If so much powerful stuff can have been accomplished down through the millennia by wastrels, betrayers, and outcasts, and through people who … Continue reading →

Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was … Continue reading →