Climbing my family tree I came across bad blood on the branches. That can probably be said for many of us. I love paging through old family scrapbooks. Faces captured on paper resembling those I love, those I don’t know . . . and me. Resembling not a picture perfect family. I think we all would like to know where we come … [Read more...]
Fastnachts and Forty Days
What is? . . . starch squares or rounds made with potato flour, sugar, lard, and weighs in with 12 to 21 grams of fat? We stand in bakery and grocery lines once a year for them . . . a fastnacht! A popular Pennsylvania tradition we celebrate in our area is Fastnacht Day. A German word meaning before the fast. Fried bread … [Read more...]
Only One
Ten contagious and disfigured lepers forced to stay on the edge of town, cry out to Jesus as He passes through Samaria on the way to Jerusalem . . . to the cross. They ask the Master Healer to have mercy. He does, without a touch. He speaks a healing instruction to go and show themselves to the priests. The ancient law gave … [Read more...]
Winter Woman
There are some things we can learn about God only in winter. Not the frigid season we've been enduring the past months, but the seasons in life when we experience sorrow and loss. The pain of losing someone we love is almost too much to bear. But, there can be another kind of grieving we experience that almost seems like a … [Read more...]
A Breath of Fresh Grace
Breathing, a constant . . . we take for granted. The process of inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide from our first breath to the last seems simple and natural. But, it’s not simple at all. Each breath is an amazing gift and like most of us, I wake up each morning expecting to take 23,000 breaths in a day. Two weeks … [Read more...]
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