How many more are waiting in line?

How many more are waiting in line?

God bless the inventor of the ‘mute’ button! What a precious gift! As the clamoring voices of darkness ramp up to fever pitch, all it takes is one gentle tap, and like magic, serenity returns, blood pressure readings stabilize, ulcers disappear (feels like), headaches...
The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power

The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power

Let me tell you a story. It’s the story of two boys from our church years ago. They were both born with the same immune deficiency that would someday require a bone marrow transplant. When they were 9 and 11, their conditions were critical. They were in hospital...
Kudos where kudos are due

Kudos where kudos are due

I wish you could have met her. She was special. It was at Hildegarde United Baptist Church that she intersected with my young life as my Sunday School teacher several years in a row. I never thought of her having a life between Sundays. She only was real to me once a...
Bluebirds and cardinals and sparrows…

Bluebirds and cardinals and sparrows…

“I’m somebody ‘cause God don’t make no junk.” Ethel Waters, 1896-1977 Stories abound that tell of, not just rags to riches, but from being a nobody to being somebody, from living in abject poverty to luxuriating in God’s bountiful love. So many books tell this tale of...
That’s News to Me

That’s News to Me

How many news headlines do we read in a week without really reading them? How many news topics do we hear announced in a week without really hearing them? Or how many headlines from this week can you remember? It’s like entering a room and being introduced to 5 or 6...
Just Like Child’s Play

Just Like Child’s Play

When little children talk to their teddy bear, in language only Teddy understands, we find that adorable. Later, when language skills are more developed and they carry on full conversations in make believe play with other children, that, too, is charming. It’s because...