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...
Nothing more embarrassing than showing up at a friend's Open House Christmas Party on the WRONG day! Imagine our happy anticipation as we knock on their door, dressed in our party finest, food dish in hand. Imagine their surprise as they open the door . . . in their bathrobes! "Oh," they say and begin to chuckle. "The party is...
In the 1980's big hair and black velvet blazers were the fashion. One Sunday after church Husband spots Wife across the room in animated conversation. Unobtrusively he approaches from behind and begins massaging velvety shoulders. She suddenly whirls around; he suddenly realizes wrong woman! Anyway, that's the story my husband told me later, sheepishly adding, "Duped by same hair, same...
As a teen refugee, my mother was evacuated to West Germany after the war. She had lost her home, her family, and her possessions. Here she tells about small blessings in the refugee camp: Arriving at camp, we all looked terrible, crusted over from traveling with no opportunities to wash. Mothers struggled to clean children and comb tangles out of...
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