A few years ago, just before Christmas, our neighborhood was blasted with approximately eighteen inches of snow: worst storm to hit our area in many years. Like most, I was forced to stay home. Yet, in the midst of being stranded at home, there was peace and quiet. Most of us don’t appreciate and …
Guest Posts
All Things In Love (James R. Cooper)
1 Corinthians 13 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, …
Welcome to the New Year (Brett Beeson)
“Three … two … one … Happy New Year!” Actually, it didn’t even go down like that. The New Year slipped by me like a thief in the night, as I called around the ship looking for our tardy Public Affairs Officer, who was late in returning our midnight New Year’s Deck Log Entry. Belatedly, I noticed the …
New Year’s Resolution: To Fly? (Rev. Larry Davies)
There is a parable about a wild goose shot down by a local hunter. Only wounded in one wing, the goose landed safely in a barnyard. The chickens were quite startled by this sudden visitor from the sky. After becoming more comfortable with the stranger, they began to ask about what had been seen but …
The Importance of Rest (James R. Cooper)
“Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 “We are pitchers not faucets, we must sit still to be filled.” James R. Cooper I, like many reformed Type A personalities (please don’t ask Regyna if I’m reformed) had workaholic tendencies. I believed the …
No Room in the Inn … (Rev. Carol Pazdersky)
How many times have we heard the words found in Luke 2:7? We feel great sympathy for the worried Joseph, deep empathy for the weary and hurting Mary, and great concern for the about-to-be-born Jesus. We may even feel disgust for innkeepers that turned away this growing family. We sense the injustice …
The Sounds of Christmas (Brett Beeson)
How many weeks now have Christmas carols been playing, have holiday tunes been blasting at the supermarket? How long since you could find a station on the radio that doesn’t reference Santa Claus, Rudolph, or the term “jolly”? Just saying — it’s easy to get aural overload with the sounds of …
