It was my last year of teaching. Just a few days before Christmas break, one of my students, who we will call Sarah, came into my classroom early.After a few minutes of friendly chit-chat, I asked, “So why are you here so early?”Sarah smiled. “It’s because I have a...
"Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." (Ephesians 5:20 NIV)One day, as the tale goes, an atheist hiker encountered a formidable grizzly bear slinking towards him. Terrified, the hiker broke into a run and...
"This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it." (Ps. 118:24 NKJV)"Arrgghh!" My son yelled. I walked over to my desk to see what was the matter. He was hunched over the electronic tablet he uses to watch videos on Youtube. It...
The turkey is roasting And stuffed to the brim The pies, they are cooling While I talk to Him. "Dear God, there's so many That's hungry this day With no bed to lie on And nowhere to stay Please teach me compassion And help me to see Just how to love...
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thess 5:16-18 NKJV)After spending a 30 minutes with a patient whose stroke had left him with minimal communication skills and maximal...
I met Debbie a couple of years ago. Soon thereafter she began to have a limp. Her boss sent her to get an MRI, They believed she had a stroke. Months later her symptoms were getting worse. At this time I was unemployed. Suddenly I got this job that provides medical...
"But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you...