Another Christmas has come and gone. Now another year is upon us. At Christmas we remembered the babe in the manger and marveled at His miraculous incarnation. Now look beyond the manger and discover the Lord Jesus Christ as revealed from Genesis through Revelation. The Lord is Emmanuel, the eternal Word made flesh to dwell […]

“What’s for dinner, Honey?” I glanced at my husband, then I took another look around the kitchen. A small amount of flour remained in the canister, and a little milk, two eggs, and a solitary onion stared at me from the fridge. To make matters worse, our wallets were empty, and the checkbook wasn’t going

When I was four, my five-year-old brother used Daddy’s matches to light our sister’s red dress on fire. He never liked that dress. Everything in the closet erupted in flames, then the fire spread throughout the bedroom. While I ran next door to Granny’s house to get Mama, my brother tried to put the fire

The blazing sun shone through the windows of the home we were renting in Morelia, Mexico. Someone knocked on the front door, and I went to answer it. Four dirty, shoeless boys with ragged clothes stared at me with big brown eyes. The tallest boy stepped forward. “Do you have food?” I nodded. “Come in.

More than forty-five years ago, my husband and I waited for the results of my pregnancy test. We were elated when it was positive. We read books about pregnancy, compared the signs in the books with signs from my body, and prepared the nursery for our baby’s arrival. As the days flew by, our anticipation

Two hopeless men on the road to Emmaus Downcast, despairing, they talked as they walked. A third man came near and walked along with them. “Why are you sad, and of what do you talk?”   “We thought it was He, our beloved Messiah, But since he is dead, our hope is now gone.” He

Although millions of people celebrate Memorial Day with cookouts and barbecues, some of them have forgotten why this day is important. Perhaps they never learned. I’m grateful my parents taught me when I was a child. Memorial Day is a day to remember the soldiers who died while serving our country, and it’s a day

Sadly, in our culture, many schools, books, and movies teach an anti-God agenda. Some children have been deceived, and they’re confused, depressed, and even suicidal. God offers hope and peace through Christ. If children don’t have the Holy Spirit, and we don’t teach them God’s Word, they’ll be victims of Satan’s lies. I was five

Boys and girls swarmed the camp nurse’s station like bees around colorful blossoms. While I put Band-Aids on cuts and ice packs on swollen fingers, I poured God’s love on lonely hearts. It was my first summer as a volunteer camp nurse, and my husband was a camp counselor. We were blessed to be part

“Mom, can we have a picnic?” Billy’s hazel eyes begged me to say yes. I smiled at my five-year-old son. “That’s a great idea.” I made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Billy’s favorite, then I prepared carrot sticks and apples. Soon we were on our second-story deck overlooking azaleas, dogwood, and honeysuckle. Billy munched on