Being a retiree with a house and no mortgage, the search for a place to live isn't something I've had much recent experience with. Until now that is. A dear friend from China has taken a professorship in Canada and is landing very soon. The only problem is, she has no...
"The Bridegroom soon will call us, 'Come to the wedding feast.' May slumber not befall us nor watchfulness decrease. May all our lamps be burning with oil enough and more, that we, with Him returning, may find an open door!"There shall we see in glory our dear...
No trip to Italy would be complete without visiting the famous Fiumi Fountain in Rome, and that is where my father took us.Of course, I didn't know anything about its history then, nor why it was so famous. Hey, I didn't even know that it was famous! All I knew was...
There seemed to be no end to the wonders of Rome. Just when I thought there couldn't be anything more amazing, there was. There was the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican!The Vatican, in and of itself, was so beautiful. But when I entered the Sistine Chapel and saw those...
"And he said to him, 'Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.'" (Luke 23:43 ESV)"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have...
“Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, ‘Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’”...
The hated one has risen,Who is he?At last man has seen the hands of deathAnd the shadow of his misfortune;Bleeding, the world is grieving;See as the children of earth,Drink of the poison spilling from his breast.I wish our tendril of faithCan elevate our fearful...