"And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen." (Philippians 4:19-20 NIV)Three-year-old Ade wanted pickles with her lunch. I found a new jar in the pantry and tried to open...
"But the word of the Lord remains forever. And that word is the Good News that was preached to you." (1 Peter 1:25 NLT)As I was walking around Murrayhill Lake near my home one fine summer morning, I spotted something lying on the park bench ahead of me. As I got...
When I was seven, my father worked in the Mammoth and Morning coal mine in Washington State, USA, till his frozen lungs wouldn't let him go underground anymore. We knew what "poor" was, but "jobless" was a whole other experience for our family.My mother stitched...
One fall day, just before Thanksgiving, my husband and I were driving by a large organic food market. It was lunch time, and we were getting hungry."Look! People are sitting outside with plates of food. Maybe we could get something at the deli," I said. We walked...
"So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And [Eli] said, 'It is the LORD. Let Him do what seems good to Him.'" (1 Samuel 3:18 ESV)This devotion pairs with this weekend's Lutheran Hour sermon, which can be found at lutheranhour.org.Tom White was twelve...
"And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, 'How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!' And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, 'Children, how difficult it is to enter the kingdom of God!...
“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future” (PLUTARCH C.46–AFTER 119)When you buy pencils these days, you may have two options - just an ordinary pencil, or perhaps one capped...