The greeting of “Happy New Year” has been frequent this past week, and many comments are made about how fast the past year has gone by.  Many of us have all kinds of plans for the year to come — job changes, family events, places we want to go, projectsRead More →

Have you noticed how often people talk about “home” at Christmas time?  “Did your kids come home for Christmas?”  “Are you going to be able to go home?”  “This is my son’s first Christmas away from home.”  Christmas and home seem to go together, as we’ve heard in many popularRead More →

(Jesus said):”This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that they lay down their life for their friends.”(John 15:12-13) (Peter wrote): “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”  (Romans 12:21) We have allRead More →