​ Good Monday Morning, Dear Friends,   There was once a rich and powerful emperor.  One day, the emperor found out about a man whose reputation […]

  Welcome to the Season of Lent, Dear Friends,    The season of Lent is a very powerful time for Christ followers, and a very emotional time […]

Good Morning, My Dear Friends,    I’ve read that the popular Isthmian games of the ancient Greek world were similar to the famed Olympics, though they took place every […]

Good Monday Morning, Dear Friends,   Most American history books tell the story of the Battle of New Orleans, which took place on January 8, […]

1/26/2026 Good Morning, My Dear Friends,    You often get the feeling from reading Scripture that Jesus could see things the disciples just couldn’t see.  He could hear things […]

1/19/2026 Hello, My Dear Friends,    You might not believe this, but in high school I was shy.  I was really shy.  I studied, I got […]

Good Morning, My Dear Friends,   When we begin to weigh the most powerful things at our disposal, we usually don’t think about the words we […]

Happy New Year, Dear Friends,   The letter of James in the New Testament provides some good advice as we begin a new year together.  James writes, […]

12/15/2025     Merry Christmas, Dearest Friends,     We don’t know a whole lot about Mary, the mother of Jesus. Mary was probably a teenage girl; her life was pretty much planned out. She […]

​12/15/2025 Merry Christmas, Dearest Friends,   We don’t know a whole lot about Mary, the mother of Jesus.  Mary was probably a teenage girl; her […]