Lost in Translation

For those of you who may have remembered my Eastertide series last year, I wrote posts on the death and resurrection of Jesus as well as several other thoughts on the period of time after the celebration of Easter. The…

When each of us first came to Christ, we were new to the faith and depended on others to help us in our journey to become more Christlike. This is called "positional" sanctification because we started on the path of…

Lately, I have been involved in a conversation or two about the calendar meaning of B.C. and A.D. The common thinking is that B.C. stands for "Before Christ" - and that's entirely correct! Then we get to the more complicated…

This year, I had more things to write about Easter - but time ran out. It is such an important week in the Christian calendar that it would take a lifetime to discuss all the nuances of the events of…

Here we are on Easter Sunday, 2022. The weather has been perfect today, as a Resurrection Sunday should be. The service this morning was awesome, the flowers in memory and honor of loved ones were beautiful - and the music…

We bought our home about eight years ago from a wonderful gentleman who had lost his wife to cancer after many years of being together. He hated to leave but realized that it was time to move on. He was…

Today is March 17th, better known as St. Patrick's Day. In some parts of the world, it has become a really important date on the calendar. When I was young, one of my best friends always wore a fleur-de-lis, one…

Yesterday, we entered the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday, the first day of the 40 days (plus 6 Sundays) before Easter. After Christmas, on January 10th, we started the liturgical period of "Ordinary Time" which ended with the beginning…

Each Thursday morning this spring, I am teaching the book of Exodus to the Soul Sisters, a group of ladies who get together each week most of the year. In case you aren't familiar with Exodus, it's the second book…

Here we are in the first several days of the new year. It's that time of year when people make promises, or resolutions, about how they will act in the new year. Sometimes, this is a new habit, acting a…