Capture the Moment

Capture the Moment

All Christians across the US have been given a moment this week. It’s a humbling, and challenging, opportunity to show the entire country what it means to follow Jesus, to show that we subordinate political affiliations to our affiliation to Jesus and his Kingdom....
An Ode to the Light

An Ode to the Light

Just as New Year’s Eve is the evening before New Year’s Day, All Hallows’ Eve is the evening before All Hallows’ Day (or All Saints’ Day) when the Catholic Church, and others, commemorate their vast, and growing, array of Sainted persons. All Saints’ Day is a holy...
That’s Worth Celebrating!

That’s Worth Celebrating!

A Golden Anniversary is a major milestone for a married couple. When a man and woman have arrived at this heady number, it speaks highly of their commitment, their perseverance, their willingness to struggle through together whatever comes their way. If they have done...
Pressed down, shaken together, brimming over

Pressed down, shaken together, brimming over

No matter one’s taste in music, the list of love songs is near endless. Sometimes a celebration of found love, sometimes expressing an ache to be loved, sometimes exposing the searing pain of heartbreak. And because God is love, each of these songs can be compared or...
Six days and counting

Six days and counting

Children wait with great impatient thrill for Christmas Day. Four days ahead, they are feverishly counting down, and fidgeting – just 3 more sleeps, says Mom. Four days ahead of the wedding, the bride- and groom-to-be await that momentous, life-changing ceremony with...