Monthly Archives: January 2020

We have just begun a new year. With it comes opportunity for new things. It is like we have been given a clean sheet of paper for new thoughts and plans. One of the things I would wish for in … Continue reading →

Huh? Is there hope in defeat? Is there hope in the humiliation of accepting a failure? How can that be? I’m not sure that I completely understand that concept but read my explanation and draw your own conclusions. Hope is … Continue reading →

Some schools teach reading in kindergarten, something that would have given my old professor of early childhood education a seizure. I didn’t learn to read in kindergarten. We did things like coloring, stringing beads (a favorite activity of mine), having … Continue reading →

All of us have often seen the Christian fish symbol on the back of cars. It is usually very simple and abstract consisting of two intersecting arcs joined at one end. Most of us call it the Jesus fish, but … Continue reading →

You know that feeling when you are visiting friends overnight, you get up in the middle of the night, say to yourself, “I don’t need a light”, then your little toe reminds you otherwise? You are disoriented, maybe even panicked. … Continue reading →

With the Star of the East as their guide, the magi from afar found the young Jesus. With their hearts full of adoration they offered their best gifts: gold, frankincense and myrhh. What gift can we bring? Can we offer … Continue reading →

Surgery was pending and I was not a fan of pain nor do I tolerate most medications. I had previously only been hospitalized two times, for the birth of my two sons. Immediately upon being told the dreaded “C” word … Continue reading →

Here’s a little devotion on a carol before Christmas ends tomorrow. The rose is sometime used as a symbol for Jesus. It’s in the song “Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming.” The first “rose carol” I learned, however, was “Maria … Continue reading →

This title is a take-off on a 12-step saying: Each day a new beginning. It is meant to remind us that we can always begin again with a fresh slate at any time. We make a big deal about celebrating … Continue reading →

The holidays are winding down, and I’m desperate for a devotion topic. I discovered that on this day in 1836, Queen Emma of Hawaii was born. Right, I didn’t know there was a Queen Emma either. She was the wife … Continue reading →