I recently sang this song to my eight-month-old granddaughter, Charlotte Rose. “Jesus loves me, this I know For the Bible tells me so Little ones, to Him belong. They are weak, but He is strong.”
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The Last Gift
My Dad’s birthday is on May 1st. I always struggled with what to buy him as a gift. When I was younger, my childish gift ideas didn’t seem fitting for the man who worked harder
Read moreLove Stinks — Valentine’s Day Revisited through Movie Quotes
When I was single, I had a love-hate relationship with Valentine’s Day. I hated it because it poked its figurative finger in my face from the day after New Year’s until February 15th. Love stinks,
Read moreI Gotta Hand It To You
Due to Covid 19 I haven’t been able to conduct chapel services at Pelican Bay State Prison since February. I found some notes from a service we held last year. Please pray for our incarcerated
Read moreA Baby Blanket Wide as The Sky
The dream forwards.We’re weeks from grand baby to be,plums barely clinging to the branch. The ocean, a little further thanthe next door rooster, breaks on the beachanticipating our family strolls. God has no grandchildren.The one
Read moreFriends, Family, and Lessons in Forgiveness
Friends, family, and lessons in forgiveness are topics that weigh heavily on my heart in these troubled days. A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. Proverbs 17:17 Contention
Read moreSee You on Sunday ?
Spiritual. Warfare. In normal vernacular, these are very separate concepts. In Christianese spiritual warfare is considered to be a high calling. Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) clearly states, “Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
Read moreWait for the Lord Because He is Still in Control
by Norma Gail Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Psalm 27:14 Wait for the Lord and take heart because God is at work in our world. Hope may run
Read moreHead In The Cloud Crowd
Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, but from what I gather from the media He appears to be very different for each of us. His Name gets bandied about and attached to political
Read moreNew to Who, ME ?
New year, new friends. Sounds like a resolution doesn’t it? In a world of rising hate crime statistics it may be more like a revolution. Conversations, without the added agenda of conversion, maybe the weakest
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