Prayer can take many forms. When we are alone, we can fall into familiar patterns of prayer and our prayers can even become a little predictable. Not that it’s a bad thing, but sometimes we don’t really pour out our…
Janet and I attend church on a weekly basis. We have for many, many years now. But we have never been big on mid-week services. However, for the past year or so, our church has been having periodic mid-week opportunities,…
Yesterday, for the first time in more than seventy years, tens of millions of people around the world witnessed the coronation of King Charles III of England. As the eldest son of the recently deceased monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, Charles…
With Easter having come three weeks ago today, we are now squarely in the liturgical season of Eastertide. In fact, this church season will continue until May 28th this year, at which time we will celebrate Pentecost. In between Easter…
One of the many things that I am grateful for is that my parents trained me from a very early age to sleep through almost anything, unlike many other people I know. Mom used to run the vacuum cleaner during…
That’s the first thing that I remember after I regained consciousness. I don’t think that I had been out long, but when I opened my eyes, I looked up and saw the beautiful blue sky with a few clouds here…
This past April 2nd, two very important events happened. First and foremost, Janet had a birthday and, as I do every year, I gave thanks that God gifted her to me. What a joy it has been to be married…
Many people come to know Jesus during the Easter season. We are now moving toward the Ascension and then Pentecost, which we celebrate 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus. It is during this period of time that we tend…
I’m one of those rare people who seems to have danced between the raindrops when it comes to being called for jury duty. Back in the days when we lived in the west Chicago suburbs, I was called once for…