“Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things,Read More →
As Shrove Tuesday and the St. Andrew Annual Blood Drive come closer, I have been thinking about how great it is to serve God by giving what he has given us, specifically, those things that we take for granted. Many of us have healthy blood in our bodies that can easilyRead More →
“A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, mostRead More →
Blessings! Let’s take a moment and count our blessings! We tend to get so caught up in our schedules and to do lists that we forget to take time to thank God for all that He does for us. We’ve all heard the phrase, “Stop and smell the roses.” GodRead More →
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 →
“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. . . . And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David,Read More →
The days are so short right now — we slip on our sunglasses for a quick drive somewhere, and the next thing you know we’re turning on the headlights. We pull the blinds against a glaring, low-in-the-sky sun, then a short time later, we’re reaching for a light switch. InRead More →
Looking for some inspiration for a devotional message this first weekend in Advent, I turned to the old green hymnal and read through some of the hymns for the season. They’re poetic and meaningful and helped me get my thoughts together. I’d like to share the first stanza of “Prepare theRead More →