Did You Believe in Santa?

Did you believe in Santa Claus? I did. Oh, I did with all my heart! He always ate the cookies I left out for him. He always left me a little note to thank me for the cookies and tell me what a good girl I had been that year. One Christmas Eve, my mom even spotted his...

How Do You Respond To The Prostitute?

LUKE 7:36-50 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an...

CHRISTmas Promises

During this time of year, I can’t help but think of my past couple holidays. The Christmases that have come and gone, and how so much has changed in my life over the last couple of years. I often think of “my plans” and how I had planned for my future to go. I had big...

Footholds in Life

This summer I am tackling my “when I get the time” “to do” list!  First on my “to do” list, totally clean my house: ceilings, walls, corners, floors and windows.  Attacking my office recently, I teetered on a step stool to finish wiping down the last section...

Near the Cross

Consider those who stood near the cross: Soldiers… who stripped Jesus, pressed a thorny crown into His brow, then sat down and waited for Him to die. Devoted disciples… who followed Jesus from Galilee and weeping women including Mary, the mother of Jesus....