The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.  Psalm 118:22 New Year.  That magical time when we expect to be transformed into something new just because a page on the calendar turned.  To be different at 12:01 from who we were at midnight.  I usually reject making resolutions.  2018 is different, though.  In just a few months, I… Read More

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.  Ephesians 2:8-9 Now that our kids are young adults, Glen and I are relieved of daily parenting duties.  One and his spouse live out of state.  The other, though… Read More

Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.  Luke 2:14 I overheard a “water cooler” discussion at work about the stress of family gatherings at the holidays.  Moaning about aunts, seen only once a year, who comment on family members’ weight gain or lost.  Cousins who, when offered leftovers, take enough… Read More

In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.  Isaiah 30:15 In the not so distant past, I would have been maxed out by now.  Maxed out on the credit card, on the amount of decorations bulging from every available space, on the calendar, places to go and… Read More