Be Prepared

There are many things in this life that we have to contend with. Some are beyond our control. Growing older, natural disasters and death are but a few. The longer we live, the more of them we are likely to encounter. Wisdom demands that we do well to prepare to meet...

He Is Risen!!!

Here it comes…the greatest festival/celebration of Christianity.  Many want to argue that Christmas is. The reason often championed is that if Jesus was not born, then He could not have risen from the dead. As logical as this may appear on the surface, it pales...

A Holy Habit for Lent and Beyond

Tempus fugit is the Latin expression for “time flies”. The months of January and February have flown by. That is how it seemed to many! Time does seem to be moving faster, but that is only because we are getting older they say. March is upon us. Members of traditional...

Joy and Peace

We were at the Watchnight service at our church. The bell tolled at the midnight hour: then it began. We were inundated with a barrage of gunshots the likes of which none of us had ever experienced. Twice during the cacophony, the shots seemed close enough to be life...

Happy New Year!

2018 is now history. We used the time that we were granted positively, negatively or more likely a mixture of both. This time of year affords us the opportunity to take stock of our lives and to make the necessary adjustments to live more effectively.  One of the...

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!?

The holiday season is here once more, but the simplicity of the season is now a thing of the past. Merchants and consumers run amuck. Obscurantists insist that Jesus was not born on December 25th. Some insist that we should never abbreviate Christmas as “Xmas”. They...