By Christina Patterson Jesus loves you. No, I’m really serious. Jesus loves you. I know you have heard it from your Sunday school teacher, your Christian friend, in that chain email you got the other day, and from that bumper…
I love to catch my dad in a talkative mood because he always says something to make me think. A conversation we had a few weeks ago was no exception. We were having our morning coffee and talking about churches…
My favorite book in the New Testament is the book of Philippians. The whole book is about love and relationships. From the first chapter, as Paul pours out his thankfulness and caring for the people of the assembly at Philippi,…
The rain as it falls on a hot pavement, fresh cut grass, and the pages of a new book opened for the first time. These are my youngest granddaughter’s favorite smells, fragrances. She had just listed them for me as…
I Deborah a Mother in Israel sit under my palm tree Israel cries out in distress pleading to be set free How my heart carries God’s people Oh return to Him They must give up their false gods or remain…