I find myself ~ again ~ knees to floor and heart undone, wondering how so much escapes my efforts. I am somehow still shocked, every now and then, by the struggle between flesh and spirit. Regretting a temper quick to…
Lately in our church we have had a series of sermons examining the First Epistle of John. Over and over we hear the apostle whom Jesus loved reiterating the command to love one another. He tells us that this is…
By Sherma-Jacqueline Felix In John 13:34, Jesus said, “A new commandment I give to you that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” It’s easier read, and easier said, than done. We…
This has been a week full of minor pinpricks of inconvenience, of small irritations, of minor depression brought on by the realization of another year flying by and the somewhat frightening knowledge that my energy continues to leach away almost…
Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or…