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This reading was originally published the day after Christmas, and the sentiments hold true. So, come, friend, and praise the name of Jesus with me. Let us adore Him who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him, all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. Read more
Before the long-awaited Messiah’s existence was publicly known, Mary encountered an Angel who spilled the beans. And then she spoke the words that would become known as “Mary’s Song.”
After taking a closer look at the verses, I realized that the substance of her words is a whole lot of Scripture, which tells you a whole lot about Mary. Read more
My oldest son and I were at the bookstore the other day when his four-year-old eyes spotted a Pete the Cat Groovy Buttons board game that he couldn’t live without.
The premise of the game: every cat gets a button jar. Each player takes a turn going around the board, collecting buttons for their jar as they go. Read more
The night before her first chemotherapy infusion to tackle the newly discovered end-stage cancer riddled throughout her body, my best friend sat on the couch in her darkened living room. With a shaky voice, she prayed the same words Jesus did in the nighttime darkness of that garden, just before the events unfolded that would take Him directly to the cross:
“Father, if You are willing, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours be done.” Read more
Do you ever feel like you’re just jungle-swinging from hard thing to hard thing, one life struggle straight through to the next? Like you can’t catch a break?
I meant to go there with my Listerine story last week, but God took things in another direction. So I’m swinging back, grabbing hold of the vine again. Read more
