I learned something new this Christmas season—how to openly enjoy and grieve the holiday, while totally rejoicing in and enjoying the holiday. I write about it here in this guest blog post that I was asked to write: The Year I Forgot About Christmas. I hope you will take the time to read it, since this […]
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Category: Food for Thought
When God Takes You Shopping
The past few days I’ve been feeling totally stressed out, staying up late, getting up early… a mild dose of sleep deprivation is not good for the nerves! After a brief quite time, as I prepared to leave for work, that thought came to me to just work for part of the day so that […]
Not Mine—His
As you can imagine, I’ve been quite busy working on getting my book done in time for launch in October when I go to visit my step-kids and grandkids… It has been quite a ride. A few weeks ago, as I worked on the cover—and you got to vote on it—I was I close to […]
Blessings and Encouragement
What encourages you the most in life? For me, it is what has happened these past few days. On Friday afternoon I heard the amazing testimonies of four young people, some still in high school and one just out of the army, sharing about their experiences which led them to accept Jesus as their Savior […]
A Joyful Noise
The first time it happened to me was at a gathering of believers from all over Israel. Different congregations shared their music with everyone. The Ethiopians started to sing a strange and, to my non-Ethiopian ears, discordant melody with an unfamiliar rhythm. Yet they were clearly singing with their whole hearts to God—oblivious to those of […]