Wednesday Greetings, It's better to give than to receive.... or so they say..which may be why we spend so much time at Christmas time running around finding the right gift for others... and forgetting to accept the greatest gift of all from God.We focus on giving... but this season is...
Wednesday Greetings, A Challenge:I love Christmas Music... I'd probably play a Christmas channel in my car throughout the year... not exclusively, but a lot more often than just the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Day... ( I wish they would continue at least the day after...
Wednesday Greetings, Thanksgiving may be over, but the practice of giving thanks is not.Our country set aside a day to give God thanks, we Christians know that every day is a day to give thanks... even the really awful days. Because we know that in every day, God is with us, Immanuel, we...
Wednesday Greetings, One of the gifts of Tucson is all of the nice, sunny days. I always say to our winter residents, "You don't have to shovel sunshine."And then come the clouds. And in a city that prides itself on its sunshine, you'd think that cloudy days would be gloomy.But we...
Happy All Saint's Day: The origin of All Saints' Day can be traced back to the early Christian Church when it was established as a day to remember and celebrate the martyrs and other saints who had died for their faith. Over time, the scope of the holiday expanded to include martyrs and...
Wednesday Greetings, I was reading through some psalms and came to Psalm 45. I found the opening verse challenging (and the rest of the psalm interesting)."My heart overflows with a goodly theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe." ...
Wednesday Greetings, It was an unexpected downpour. Yesterday morning the skies clouded over, the thunder clapped, and the rain fell. It was glorious!And I'm sure it ruined someone's walk.Life's like that, isn't it? Suddenly there's a downpour of something...
Wednesday Greetings, October 11th has been designated as National Coming Out Day. It's a day to honor those who are LGBTQ+ and remind the world that it really is OK to be gay.I believe the Church has been wrong in calling homosexuality a sin. I see the words in Scripture...
Message 10-4-23 Wednesday Greetings, Ah, a change of scenery....Sunday afternoon I drove up to Mt. Lemmon. For those who don't know, Tucson is blessed to be so close to this natural wonder. Living down in the valley of the desert, an hour's (at the most) drive up the...
Wednesday Greetings, On the radio, I heard Judy Garland sing, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." What a great song, what a great voice, what a great dream.Interestingly, what Judy discovers in her colorful dream, is already present in her colorless life. We often hope for the...