Catching up on posts … August 28, 2025 This would be a good week to read about whirlwinds, since the last 24 hours feels like one, which is why this reading reached you a day later than usual. Add to the whirlwind a website migration. After the parenthetical prophecy against…
A glance back at chapter 18 helps us understand the Lord speaks these words and Ezekiel simply records them. Every print version (single- or double-column) of Ezekiel 19 I have read formats this chapter in verse instead of prose. The lament contains allegorical imagery to describe Israel’s demise and destruction…
We’re still within one week of Valentine’s Day, so this photo seems appropriate. Especially when we consider God’s offer of relationship with Him, every day. Last week we learned about the choice God gives every person to walk with Him, regardless of our family history. The second half of chapter…
In this world of imperfect people, perhaps you need a fresh outpouring of love this day. A little afterglow to Christmas. This weekly Thursday blog post falls today, the day after Christmas. God’s Christmas gift to all of us is the fourth advent candle: love. Because we have the first…
Without looking back at last year’s writing, my recollection is we discovered one candle leads to the next so by the time we’ve lit them all, our faith shines brightly for all to see. The hope we have in Jesus provides us with peace greater than any the world might…