We still live in the autumn of our lives, but Zechariah’s prayer wasn’t answered until his winter years. He was serving behind the veil of the temple when the angel, Gabriel, appeared to him and pronounced that Zechariah’s prayer was answered, that Zechariah and Elizabeth would conceive a son. Not only that, but this son …
Matthew 2:1-12 Remember the magi, the scholars that saw a new star in the heavens marking the birth of a king? Stars hang in space in such exotic distances from us that we measure their distance to us in light years, which is how far light travels in one year, 5.87 trillion miles. The range …
Do you teeter between believing (A) God orchestrates a life-giving plan for you and (B) God orchestrates a life-giving plan for the world with you as a tiny thread in that plan? I struggle with this. Sometimes I feel that God works everything for the good of his overall plan, but it doesn’t look so …
A group of people from different races, religious denominations, ages and backgrounds meets at our house every Tuesday night. After we overeat a potluck dinner, we begin our meeting with an innocuous question. I love hearing everyone’s answers. We always laugh, often are amazed, and every time learn something about the people sitting in the …