With the arrival of spring, I entered my closet one morning anticipating luxurious freedom for my toes. I pulled out my favorite sandals, then gasped and stared in disbelief. Mildew! How could this be? Nothing like this had ever happened before. Other shoes were infected. A couple of leather coats showed the white film as well. So I did what...
Step 1: Find an accomplice in crime. Step 2: Gather tacky garden decor. Goodwill and the Dollar Store are great places to shop. Step 3: Make sure you learn when your unsuspecting friend will not be home. Then sneak on over. Plastic pink flamingos are a must. Try not to worry what the neighbors will think about what you're doing....
She caught my eye that day as I drove home from work, the young girl sitting on a street bench, slumped sideways, knees clutched to her chest. Immediately a phrase struck me as if planted in my mind: "Utterly at the end." As I maneuvered through traffic, the girl’s plight kept troubling me. Suddenly the Lord said, She needs someone...
The following raises important arguments against theology that denies God’s covenant promises to Israel yet to be fulfilled. First, there is no reason, logically, why Israel should be in existence today except in fulfillment of God’s Word and His sovereign purposes.They are a nation resurrected. The dead bones of Ezekiel raised. On every front there has been huge resistance and...
Over the years I heard teaching that God’s covenant relationship with Israel was transferred to the church after the resurrection. I never gave much thought to this notion, but my trip to Israel challenged it head on. Messianic Jews hold very dear the hope of Messiah’s second return to their land. After all, he is expected to descend from the...
Leisure William Henry Davies What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare.No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long as sheep or cows.No time to see, when woods we pass,Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.No time to see, in broad daylight,Streams full of stars, like skies at night.No time to...
Have you ever asked, "Why is life so hard?" Why a constant sense of pressure, or why the unrelenting stone-hard circumstances? Of course there are no easy answers to explain suffering, but something that has shafted light on the struggle, is the metaphor of the seed. We have a lot in common with seeds. The Struggle Once planted in the...
As I gazed at the hummingbird cradled in my hand, the traumatized bird stared apprehensively back at me. She seemed to be asking, "What are you going to do with me?" Just moments before, my mother had called me outside. It was night but in the porch light we saw the little bird flapping helplessly on the ground. I noticed...
SNOW WALTZ By Kathleen Ruckman A wintry waltz debuts today; Shimmering ballroom on display. With swirls and twirls cascading down, Soft snowflakes dancing ’round the town. Fresh scent of pines all clothed in white; A scarlet cardinal, God’s delight. Red and white, a visual story, Painting our Creator’s glory. The icy flakes fall on...
When I visited Bethlehem, we toured the Church of the Nativity which stands on the traditional birthplace of Jesus. Originally commissioned by Constantine and his mother in 327, it is the oldest major church in the Holy Land. Beneath the main altar of the church is a cave with a silver star on the floor. The inscription around it reads, “Here...
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