“Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child; Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to Thee.” Charles Wesley SASB#583
The words of Charles Wesley’s Hymn of Childhood quoted above are the first conscious prayer I ever remember uttering.
At about age eighteen months my nightly ritual before being tucked in for sleep was to ...
I suspect that many of you, like me, have some interminable background task that gets some attention from time to time. For me it is cataloging the thousands of photographs spinning merrily away on my hard drive or in the cloud! I was reminded of this the other day when looking for a photograph in my collection.
At the time of passing of ...
“…pray without ceasing…” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV “…pray continually…” NIV
“But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.” Matthew 6:7 KJV “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.” ...
You may have come across people with the trait of perfectionism.
These are those whose cars must be “detailed” so that every crease and crevice must be completely devoid of detritus; those whose table centerpieces have to be “just so” before serving a meal can be contemplated; those who are always picking that speck of lint from your clothes!
For ...
One of the side benefits of this Internet Age is that it is super easy to send greetings and good wishes to those on the periphery of our acquaintance, especially on birthdays and anniversaries.
The flip side of that coin is that we are reminded of people with whom we have otherwise had no interaction for a year. Many of their messages are ...
Most of us never think to question why the New Year should begin in January. And for many cultures a different position in our orbit of the sun is used.
For example, for Jews their new year celebration is in September and is called Rosh Hashanah which literally means, “the head of the year”. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah, ...
If you are like me and browse the internet for material related to Bible study and/or faith-based subjects you will undoubtedly from time to time come across an article which says that it can “prove” that the Bible is “contradicting” itself and therefore Christianity cannot be “trusted”.
As you know, our faith is in the birth, life, death ...