The Anchor that holds…
July 14, 2025
The Christian life is not meant to be lived alone. We need one another to stay afloat. One day, I went ‘snorkeling.’ I had my life vest. I had my goggles. No snorkel! But I
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Singing and Dancing – my happy places
July 12, 2025
For many years, I sang in the choir… children’s choir, junior choir, senior choir. I sang 2nd soprano. It is the middle voice – neither too high nor too low. But it is easy to
How Great Thou Art: A Worthy Worth-ship
July 11, 2025
“How Great Thou Art” originated from a poem, “O Great God”, written by Swedish poet, preacher, and politician Carl Boberg in 1885. He and some friends were returning home from an afternoon service when a
Why did Job suffer?
July 10, 2025
If you read Job 1:6-12, you’d know the story behind his misfortunes. God boasted of Job to Satan (Satan here is not the devil but an advocate or adversary in the original language): “Have you
Joy of a different kind
July 8, 2025
A good church leader, Stephen has just been stoned to death. Persecution against the church started in Jerusalem. Christians had to leave their homes, scattered in foreign places (throughout Judea and Samaria), they were being
The Ways of God: the Why’s and the How’s
July 6, 2025
Why, God? Why? How often we ask God – please explain… How come this and how come that? Elihu (the 4th of Job’s friend and the youngest) gave this statement after he listened to all
The Garment of Praise
July 5, 2025
From my journal 2/11/2017 The garment of praise keeps depression and every dark mood and attitude away from you. This is the power of praise. And praise should be a spiritual garment every believer wears
Singing in the Prison
July 4, 2025
I was cold and hungry lying on the table in a freezing operating room. I was waiting for the oncological surgeon to do a lumpectomy on me. I had two needles sticking out of my
The Heart of Patience
June 27, 2025
Patience is a hard lesson. In the fast-paced world of fast-food, bullet trains, express lanes, quick fixes, the young and old, rich & poor often seek instant gratification, short-cut to success, easier and faster means
To Worry or Not to Worry
June 23, 2025
One day John Wesley was walking with a troubled man who expressed his doubt as to the goodness of God. He said, “I do not know what I shall do with all this worry and