Tag Archives: Promise

Winter is wearying.  The struggles it brings weigh down our days.  The bleak landscape and destructive power of winter can overwhelm even hardy souls.  The secular world names winter discouragement, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). With the light of faith, though, winter produces treasures.  The crystals of ice and snow proclaim ...

It is disturbing to consider the present rise in antisemitism around the world.  It has not been all that long since the Holocaust. That very thought plays with our minds, causing us to imagine that it could actually happen all over again.  To imagine may be too light a phrase ...

‘In the day of my trouble I will call to You, for You will answer me.’ Psalm 86:7 (NIV The past few years I have seen several friends go through the loss of a  job.  I have never in my life known so many people who have lost their jobs through ...

‘The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.’ Proverbs 14:1 (NIV) Oh my, there are days where I am just so sure I am that foolish woman!  Surely I can do justice to the vision of that lady! But none of us ...

‘The LORD said, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you.” ‘ Genesis 12:1 (NIV) Abram did not know where he was going.  He did not know anything about the place God would lead him to.  He only knew he ...