Man, what a week!

Man, what a week!

We’re passing quickly through this season of Lent, moving closer and closer to Jesus’ final week on earth as he makes his way to Jerusalem with his disciples. This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday, remembering all the fanfare of the kingly arrival, the excited crowds, the...
No glass slipper, but there’s a Prince!

No glass slipper, but there’s a Prince!

In 1697, Charles Perrault wrote ‘Cendrillon,’ a French fairy tale. Translated into English it became ‘Cinderella.’ It continues to be a popular storyline that has been adapted in over 400 vastly divergent versions. (The Brothers Grimm version, in 1812,...
It’s good for what ails ya!

It’s good for what ails ya!

The title of the article stopped me in my tracks. I thought it had to be a misprint. But no, as I read on, I realized this was a serious, apparently well-researched topic. Several formal studies had been carried out to support the findings. The new diagnosis being...
What’s On Your Reading List?

What’s On Your Reading List?

“There are so many other things that Jesus said and did; and if these accounts were also written down, the books could not be contained in the entire cosmos.” This is the last verse of John’s Gospel (VOICE), written nearly 2,000 years ago. In the centuries since, much...
I Love a Good Novel!

I Love a Good Novel!

Aren’t the first thirty-nine (39) books of the Bible some of your most favorite reads of all time? Aren’t they just so thrilling and surprising and shocking and intriguing and can’t-put-them-til-you’re-done good? Aren’t they the impelling ones you curl up in your...