Monthly Archives: May 2018

“They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.” … Continue reading →

We’ve all experienced it, if we‘ve lived long enough, that person who seems to know all. The one who sees everything clearly, and always seems to be just where they are needed. How frustrated we are by that, knowing our … Continue reading →

“When You said, “Seek My face, My heart said to You, Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Psalm 27:8 In the early morning, Jesus called me and said, “Tag! You’re It!” And I made it my mission to look for … Continue reading →

This Sunday is Pentecost. To set the stage, remember that this event takes place just 10 days after Jesus has ascended into heaven. His followers were waiting anxiously for the promised Holy Spirit. These guys were scared! They needed assurance … Continue reading →

The ten days between the Ascension and Pentecost must have been confusing for the disciples. They were bereft of Jesus’ presence again, but had not yet received the Holy Spirit. What was going on? How could they understand what God … Continue reading →

Absalom was the third son of King David. His story is a fairly long one, which is recounted in chapters 14-18 of 2 Samuel. A major part of the story concerns his attempt to overthrow David as King. He caused … Continue reading →

A Sunday School teacher said to her class, “We have been learning in the Bible about powerful kings and queens. But there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is”? One child blurted out “ACES”! I am … Continue reading →

Yesterday was Mother’s Day. I fondly remembered my own mother; I thought of my own “motherhood”. And then my thoughts led me to the most honored of all mothers – Mary, the chosen one, the mother of our Lord Jesus. … Continue reading →

65 years old — hopefully I’m wiser than when I was a teenager. When we were teens we had an opinion about almost everything and mouthed off quickly. We asserted our ideas, not realizing they had already been tried and … Continue reading →

A brilliant stripe of orange blurs into an irregular, wispy swatch of aqua. The intensity lightens to coral, then soft pink. The blue deepens. Before my eyes, the orange has turned to a fiery red and the sight takes my … Continue reading →