By Katie Heid Good Friday” is a strange moniker for day which remembers the beating, torture, and crucifixion of God’s Son. If I combed through the Bible to label something good, I’d pick other events. Mary’s heartfelt “let it be…
This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ~ 1 John 4:10 For God so loved YOU that He gave His only Son so…
The disciple that Jesus loved was reclining next to Jesus… He leaned back on Jesus’ breast. (John 13:23, 25) I heard a minister on television this past week speak about passion. He suggested that many Christians are not succeeding in…
To abide: Old English word signifying progressively to “await”, “remain”, “lodge”, “sojourn”, “dwell”, “continue”, “endure”. One of the first hymns I ever sang as a soloist (a lifetime ago) was, “In Heavenly Love Abiding”: In heavenly love abiding no change…
I hear there are mornings soft like rain streams meandering into meadows, days warmed hummed out melodies, fields wide as wisdom, rivers full of light. I hear you will picnic on banks of beauty running free, eat the fruit of…