Joy to the World!
When I was young, my siblings and I each had chores. Mine was to clean the bathroom. Once a week, I transformed our scuzzy bathroom into sweet smelling cleanliness again. At least that is how I remember it. I probably was not quite as effective in my work as I...
Remembering God’s Faithfulness This Thanksgiving
One year ago I could not have imagined where I am today. One year ago I was standing at the beginning of what felt like a very long, dark tunnel. Five months after the birth of my third daughter, I was adjusting to my new normal. I didn’t know it at the time but I had...
Birthday Psalm
Psalm 92 It is good to give thanks to the Lord And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; 2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, 3With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre. 4 For You,...
The Beginning of us All – Falling
In the third chapter of Genesis, a tempter came which the Bible later teaches us was Satan. Satan spoke to the woman and made her think that God was depriving them of something desirable. 3:1 “Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the...
The Beginning of us all – A Real Choice
8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the...
Learning to Rest
By Ruth Burke The last two weeks did not go as planned. I was sick for an entire week. It started as a bad sore throat and got steadily worse. I’d love to say that when I realized how sick I was I took great care of myself. Unfortunately the opposite is true. I...