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…
By Katie Heid My day job forces me to dissect stories like this one. I laid awake two nights mulling the demons this mother faced, and the ones her young children stared down in their final moments. My heart is…
Updates from Sami Rigelsky: (from posts beginning on Saturday, 2/16/19) We have never been so excited to see a water truck. We have been crying all morning. Knowing that relief has come, and is coming, to the people we love…
“Intervene, Lord. Intervene. Come like a rushing wind, a mighty wave. You have split seas, You have set creation in place by Your breath. You are able. You are faithful. Speak on behalf of Your suffering people, Lord. Intervene.” ~…
When I was a small child my greatest joy was reading, and I was seldom found anywhere but with my nose in a book. My parents indulged me by giving me books for Christmas and birthdays and I soon accumulated…