Introduce a newborn baby into a room of relatives or friends or even acquaintances and it doesn’t take long before the ‘who does he/she look like?’ conversations begin. (If you are in my family, the answer was always, always, ‘dad’.) As children grow we point out the ways in which they are like us or …
I believe in love. Love that never ends and never fails. Love that is constant. A love that is kind and patient, selfless and gracious. Love that lifts and encourages, that ennobles and strengthens. Love that creates beauty. Love that rescues. Love that redeems whatever the cost. A love that descends into darkness and despair …
A father suffered unimaginable pain when he accidentally backed up the car and hit his 9 year old son, ending his life. The horror of anyone’s life being ended in such a way is unspeakable, but it is multiplied by the relationship of parent to child. A parent is to protect and teach. To nurture …
In some ancient wedding ceremonies, the husband and wife had their hands tied together, symbolizing their union, an unbreakable bond, an intent for the two to become one (hence our idiom, ‘tying the knot’). A visible symbol of the binding covenant they made to one another. Often the Lord uses wedding imagery to help us …
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” (Luke 2:13-14) That heavenly host may simply have been expressing their hopes for the world that beautiful night when Christ was born. Because neither …
