A Fresh Look at St. Nick. Love him or Not? After nearly 2,000 years of looking at pictures and poems about St. Nicholas, I think it is time to take a fresh look. After Jesus was born in the little town of Bethlehem, St. Nicholas was born in the little town of Patara, Greece.…
When Your Loved One Dies Young, What can we say? Their first Christmas without him was almost unbearable. When my friends lost their child, they were devastated. Who wouldn’t be, and especially during the season between Thanksgiving and Christmas? It is certainly the most tender time of the year because of our memories of…
Do you know the difference between ordinary and extraordinary gratitude? The Thanksgiving holiday is pleasant but not life-changing. It’s about being grateful for all the good that has come to us, but there’s another kind of gratitude that is transforming. If you have an intimate relationship with God and know what he has done for…
Can you say it in one line? If you can’t say it in one line, maybe you don’t yet have a good handle on it. This week I read Karen Ball’s blog on the importance of first lines in our writing. Karen, a gifted author and literary agent with The Steve Laube Literary Agency, reminded…
Paid for talking about dying. DO YOU THINK IT WILL HELP? Medicare members will soon get free end-of-life counsel. Beginning January 1, 2016, for the first time Medicare will pay doctors and other health professionals to talk to families about issues related to dying. Read this article before you decide Theoretically, if people get…
Disabilities as Advantages We all have disabilities. Some disabilities are more severe and more obvious than others. Whatever our disabilities, we should concentrate on activities that we can do well, and not waste precious time focusing on our limitations. It is possible to turn some of our disabilities into our advantages. That is what…
Do you really believe that your success, strength, future, and hope are all up to you? The Bible teaches that you and I should do all we can then trust our heavenly Father to do those things that only he can. Our best with his best is the best. Let’s be grateful that it is NOT…
“Is your faith EVIDENCE-BASED, or based on wishful thinking?” Sarah says there is no hard evidence for God When Sarah came home from college and told her parents she could no longer believe in God, she explained, “I wanted to believe but there was just no hard evidence for God. It seems to me that Christianity…
