Last Friday, I told the sad story of Sandra, a Grade 8 student in my school who had no friends. Although this didn't normally seem to bother her, Christmas was different. She was keenly aware that no one would give her a Christmas present at school. She was so touched...
"Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me." (Matthew 25:34b-35 NRSV)A...
"But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control; against such things there is no law." (Galations 5:22-23 ESV)"As each has received a gift; use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's...
Rome. It is called "wondrous" by adults. But to my 7 year-old mind, it was out of this world. I had already come to this conclusion long before we saw him. He only solidified in my mind that there was nowhere as wonderful as Rome… We had just entered one of the many...
“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” (John 6:9 NIV)For over twenty years I served as a counselor of children. People ask me how I could listen to the sad trials of small children all day. When you...
"But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble." (Psalm 59:16 ESV)"Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always." (1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV)I heard this on TV yesterday. Tim...
I saw Jesus the other day. The funny thing was that He didn’t look anything like the pictures. He or I should say She was dressed in a faded summer dress that had clearly been through a washing machine a hundred different times. Her shoes were the thick, black...