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…
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…
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord…
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…