“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright,

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every

This morning my reading was in Nehemiah.  One thing I really appreciate about reading through the Bible every year is how something different always jumps

An old spiritual asks, “Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” It is a rhetorical question. As it was not composed until centuries after

A crisis was unfolding, late one night, as I switched on the bathroom light. Making the slow but steady climb up the moulded back-splash of

Around Christmas I typically spend a lot of time and energy making cookies. I bake a variety because not everyone likes the same kind. They