Beyond
Every Friday I join a community of bloggers for Five Minute Friday. One word prompt, five minutes. The prompt this week is … Beyond. Sitting at the hairdresser's yesterday, it was interesting to me when she said, "I just want to be beyond all this. I will be so...
Deep Rooted: Growing Through the Gospel of Mark
Deep Rooted: Growing Through the Gospel of Mark by Kathy Howard is a forty day devotional which reads more like a Bible Study. In short daily readings, you will find yourself reading through the Gospel of Mark and delving deeper into the Scriptures. Deep Rooted...
Prepare the Way
"Prepare the way for the Lord's coming! Clear the road for him!" (Matthew 3:3b, NLT) The words of John the Baptist seem to resound even more this time of year. His very words are taken from the Old Testament book of Isaiah: "Listen! It’s the voice of someone...
Blessing, Repentance, Worship
Last week brought us officially into the Advent season with the reading of Psalm 24. My Grampa Spano loved this psalm and in particular verses 3-4. I can well remember him teaching me, as a little girl, to keep my heart clean and to be truthful. It is to this person -...
Bow Down & Worship
Christmas always brings with it a rush of emotions as we hear songs familiar and tender. Yet they can fall on us with a freshness that stirs our hearts to wonder as they breathe life into our souls. Such was the case recently … “A virgin cried when You were born....
The Candle of Peace
"In those days and at that time I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. In that day Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will live in safety. And this will be its name: 'The Lord Is Our...