December 31 A Puritan Prayer To End 2017 One of my favorite resources for prayer is a book called The Valley of Vision, edited by Arthur Bennett. This book is a compiled work of prayers and devotions written by the Puritans. If you don’t mind a few thee’s and thou’s, The Valley of Vision is … Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Snippet
New Year’s resolutions are beneficial tools. But for the past few years, I’ve noticed all mine beginning to look the same. Get my driver’s license Learn a new instrument Exercise more regularly Read through the Bible This is partly because I’m not creative to come up with fresh ideas, and partly because I write down … Continue reading Three Prayers For The New Year
December 24 A Christmas Benediction Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! Today I want to thank each one of you personally for spurring me on in my writing by reading this blog. It is immensely encouraging to have readers like you who take the time to build me up, either through an encouraging word, an email, a … Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Snippet
December 17 Wrap This One Up… He’s The One Two Christmases ago I was introduced to Christy Nockel’s song Wrap This One Up. You may have heard this beautiful melody accompanied by an even richer message. The video below is an interview with Christy, who shares the profound story behind this song. I wanted to … Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Snippet
Whether we realize it or not, I think almost everyone has subconsciously conceived their own idea of what the scene of Christ’s birth looked like. For Hallmark, it’s Charlie Brown and Lucy costumed in robes and surrounded by other favorite Peaunts™ characters. For Christmas lawn decorators, it’s a tiny stable with a glowing Baby Jesus … Continue reading Part Two: Child Destined For Sacrificial Service
December 10 The Fourth Wise Man Here is something a little lighter than usual. The sketch comedy of Studio C has been a favorite of mine for a long time. This Christmas sketch, titled Christmas Shopping by the Four Wise Men, has to be one of my all-time favorites. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/GixlF7R7glg Smiles, Bethany J. … Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Snippet
December 3 Thou Who Wast Rich Beyond All Splendor December is here and Christmas fast approaching! One of my favorite things about this time of year is the abundance of rich music and joyful song all around me. December is just about the only month that you can walk into Kohl's and here the lyrics O … Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Snippet
Nobody left their village to take a vacation to Nazareth. It wasn’t the type of town that brought visitors flocking. And it certainly wasn’t the type of town to entertain an angel’s visit. But it did. “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to … Continue reading Part One: Child of the Disreputable and Disregarded
November 26 He Made Himself Nothing: A Blog Christmas Series What is the first thing that comes to your mind at the name “Jesus”? A cross? A tomb? A crown? Miracles? Parables? Or possibly all of these profound and wonderful works? Me, too. Yet strangely, I often find myself so fixated in these factors of … Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Snippet
November 19 My 5 Favorite Things About Thanksgiving Day My favorite holiday of the year is only four days away! Today I have listed for you my top five favorite things about Thanksgiving Day. Here goes… Watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade The smell of pumpkin pie (not the taste) Turkey cookies* Family laughing … Continue reading Sunday Afternoon Snippet
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