So when Mary and Joseph came to present the baby Jesus to the Lord as the law required, Simeon was there. He took the child in his arms and praised God, saying, I have seen your salvation, which you have prepared for all people. He is a light to reveal God to the…
My mother died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday, December 29, 2022, six months after I adopted five children. My children, now ranging in age from ten to five, are full siblings. We welcomed their full sibling in late August of last year. The baby, who was placed with us…
Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. — Psalm 126:5 Christianity is grunt work. It began this way. There is nothing glorious about a battered barn, a well-worn feeding trough, and a displaced couple dropped into a sudden, overly crowded socio-economic hardship. When the baby…
If it’s true that home is where the heart is, then anyone who has experienced loss knows this time of year can be bittersweet. What if I share that we can lose the bitterness and create or recreate the sweet? When we consider the saying about home being where…
We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind…. And yet, O LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay,…