Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose…
The Joy of the Familiar
And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at…
Spring Wardrobe
Today’s Musing is from Margaret Fowler. Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. —Colossians 3:12b (NIV) Spring has come at last, even in Maine. It’s time to take…
Praying Tired
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your…
Never Alone
Immediately He made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away. And when He had sent…
No Service!
“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.” —John…
Only Go With Me
“… And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” —Matthew 28:20b NLT I have to admit. Much as I love my…
TQT—Triage for the Criticized and Misunderstood
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. —Proverbs 15:1 NIV I don’t like being criticized. I especially don’t like it when it seems to…
In Christ Alone
I lift up my eyes to the mountains—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. —Psalm 121:1-2 (NIV) Arriving at…
Too Hard To Believe?
Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. So she went and…
Remember
And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”…
Altars of Earth and Stone
“Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to…