Make a Joyful Noise
psalm 100: 1-2 Make a Joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing. (NRSV) As a young girl, I used to love to sing in church, in the back of the car, or wherever I was. I sang with gusto, without worrying whether I was on tune or off-key. My mother would say, "Please sing something i don't know cause you can't carry a tune in hand-basket." I simply sang with all my heart and voice. Everyone in the congregation kn
Easter
Easter is almost here. Many thoughts are going thru my mind. First is just how much God loves us and the price He was willing to pay to bring us back into a relationship with Him. How many of us would be willing to sacrifice a child to save someone else? And then there is Jesus himself who was willing to come and live as one of us, suffer more than any of us would be able to handle, and willingly went to the cross that we might be saved; and more than that we were His enemies
Easter Memories
Did your parents prepare Easter baskets for the children in your family? Mine did and I remember them well. Of course we were told they came from the "Easter Bunny"; but that myth was later dispelled and we knew they came from our parents. By the time my younger sister and I were in grade school, I remember that there were always that fake green Easter basket "grass", some candy and usually new school/art supplies; such as a new box of colored pencils, a tin box of water colo
You Never Know
Read Colossians 3:1-14 "As God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothes yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other, just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive." Colossians 3:12-13 (NRSV) Scott Jaskier, from New York, tells how, after his father died, he took his 86-year old mother to buy groceries. The store was very crowded with people in a h
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