“When the Deer Come” From walls of trapped urgency, time-ticks of need, I slam into the blush of fading day sudden and soundless they appear from trees and hollowed slopes long-limbed doe, spotted fawns nuzzle backyard grass, dining in the…
I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, Lord, as you know. I do not hide Your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and Your salvation. I have not concealed Your…
I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud; And He set my feet on a rock, making my footsteps firm. He put a…
Recently I went with three old friends to the Jersey Shore. We are all of different ages and church backgrounds, but years ago we had worked together in the same office and our mutual faith in Christ had helped us…
By Ann O’Malley I’m standing at the sink brushing my teeth before bed when I hear an ominous sound. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Uh-oh. I poke my head through the doorway into the other half of the bathroom, the part…
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.” “Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, ‘Love your enemies.’ It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a…