Starting Anew

Starting Anew

Another holiday season is behind us, another year has closed.  Both Thanksgiving and Christmas were uneventful in our home.  Our usually large gatherings were small, everyone running in their own directions.  My birthday was just another day.  We had cake, coffee and...
Spiritual Education

Spiritual Education

“The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers.”  II Timothy 4:3 I have a Christian friend who just can’t get enough “spiritual education.”  ...
Be Still

Be Still

“Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.”  Psalm 131:2     I’ve never been able to just “be still.”  I get restless if I have to sit for too long without something to occupy my...
Creating a Masterpiece

Creating a Masterpiece

“…He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ”  Philippians 1:6b     Masterpiece – a work done with extraordinary skill; especially: a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement.  Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary  ...
The Table

The Table

Sawdust filled the air, tickling my nose.  I tried not to sneeze, but I couldn’t hold it in.   “Ah-ah-ACHOO!”  Dust flew all over the little workshop.  “Sorry, Daddy,” I said quietly as my Dad looked up from his work at my dust-covered face.  He knew how much I...