Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. (Romans 12:10) This Tuesday, July 19th, my mother will turn 86 years young. That’s no small event. While I frequently say that every day is a gift, everything I can do for her, every activity we can perform together, and every act I …
“Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.” (Romans 1:24) Edmund Burke is frequently attributed for saying, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” While the actual speaker was John Stewart …
“Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent.” (Acts 18:9) When I first created this blog a few years ago, I did so with the sole purpose of writing to uplift, encourage, and strengthen others by sharing stories of how my Heavenly Father has led me along life’s journey. I had written …
We love because He first loved us. (1 John 4: 19) I’ve never been a fan of Father’s Day as I didn’t really know my earthly father. My parents divorced when I was four, and my dad was not one to involve himself in the lives of his children. I accepted that a long time …
“If you bite and devour each other, watch out, or you will be destroyed by each other.” (Galatians 5:15) Not long ago, I learned that another of my beloved pastor friends was asked to step down from his pulpit. This event marks the third time such a despicable act has entered my world. I know, …
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. (Proverbs 31:26) [KJV] As a wordsmith, speech matters to me. I probably take the remarks of others deeper than I should, as a result. Such a concept must work both ways. While I can’t help but pay close attention to …
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: the old has gone, the new is here! (2 Corinthians 5:17) It’s the little things that make me happy. God’s love gifts often leave me breathless. A few weeks ago, I opened the front door to encounter a bird quickly flitting away. Since I …
Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. (2 Corinthians 11:14) Sometimes, the devil in the pulpit is more evil than the sinner on the street. Carlow University, a private Catholic college in Pittsburg, PA, recently hosted an event to discuss ways “to create a different cultural foundation upon which to base one’s faith.” That …
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. (Proverbs 25: 21); If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. (Romans 12:20) War is evil. There’s no disputing that fact. But hateful rhetoric disguised as love can …
On Thursday morning, February 24, 2022, residents of Ukraine no longer needed to wonder if Mother Russia would use force to invade their beloved homeland. War had arrived – by land, sea, and air. In an unprecedented move for the tiny nation, the Ukrainian government hopes to defend itself by providing arms to its citizenry. …