One of the highlights of each of my years of teaching was Christmas time. Being in a public school where even the name of Jesus at Christmas time was forbidden, I had to be careful, I wanted, however, for my students to learn the true meaning of Christmas, and it...
A workplace tradition at Christmas is the practise of assigning each employee the name of another co-worker, to be given an anonymous gift. Our office has made our own version of the Secret Santa game; we are to choose a small gift to give which our own secret...
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. " (1 John 4:7 ESV)I was sitting at a table eating a chicken salad sandwich. I wasn’t really hungry but I was supposed to sit a bit and eat something to...
There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died. In her grief, she went to the holy man and said, "What prayers, what magical incantations do you have to bring my son back to life?" Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her,...
Any serious Christian wants those they care about to come to know the Lord, but how do you go about this? So many are closed to preaching of the gospel. Many, even from other religious backgrounds, have become “secularized”, and much of what is going on in the world...
It was a cold cloudy day - Christmas was near. I had a three period break in my schedule that day, so I walked away from my high school and followed the worn path through the trees, across a stream and onto the street that connected to the main drag, where Cole's drug...
"Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." Matthew 20:28When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in office, he had an assistant, a frail, sickly man by the name of Harry Hopkins.Hopkins was granted great...