Rejoice Always! Paul wrote to encourage the church. And that encouragement to the church in Thessalonica came in the form of rich thanksgiving: Rejoice always! Pray without ceasing; give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."1 Thess. 5:16-18 …
Gratitude
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 …
Perspective Lifters (Rev. Larry Davies)
My wife Mell and I were having one of those days. Nothing seemed to go right. It started with a trash can lid disappearing after the pick-up. The company said another one would be delivered in about a week. A week? Where do we put the trash? Every hour afterward seemed to bring more bad news: …
