The promise of the seasons

The promise of the seasons

These days, at least in southeastern Virginia, nature has been putting on the annual color extravaganza with leaves flashing out from their varied shades of green into stunning reds, oranges, yellows, ochres, rusts, and burgundies. It never gets old, this glorious...
From Prelude to Finale

From Prelude to Finale

If you were to begin watching an episode of TV’s ‘Mission Impossible’ three minutes and thirty seconds in (the tape has already self-destructed), you would have great difficulty understanding everything that was going on from that point forward. (My brother, Jerry,...
Even this shall pass?

Even this shall pass?

The Apostle Paul had gleaned a great deal from the message of Jesus, making many connections to the writings of the Old Testament, of which he was a scholar. Yet he, too, confessed, “for now we see but a faint reflection of riddles and mysteries as though reflected in...
There’s Still More

There’s Still More

The small church that was like ‘home’ to me growing up had a concentrated emphasis on God’s Word, and made the goal of every message, to receive Christ as your personal Lord and Saviour (Canadian spelling). I still cherish the fondest memories of many, many times in...
May I see your ID, please?

May I see your ID, please?

As babies, when 2 AM would roll around, we would wake with an achy empty feeling in our tummies, later to be understood as hunger pangs. Instantly, we would sound the alarm for the servants to come running to relieve us of this dire need. This was done, while totally...