Elisabeth Adams 3 Minute Read I think the Hobbits were on to something. Tea and scones, porridge and eggs, toast and sausages are well worth considering a second time, especially on a long and cold walk near Mordor when the first breakfast consists of rabbit. The Incarnation, the Atonement and the Second Coming are well worth considering a second time,…
Jeannie Pederson 4 Minute Read When does the Christmas season really begin? That’s a topic open for discussion, but to my mind it begins on the magical morning of December 13, Saint Lucia’s Day. Although our family isn’t of Swedish descent, our neighbors don’t seem to mind that we’ve adopted their holiday, and it has become a special tradition. We’ve…
Lanier Ivester 2 Minute Read January is an excellent time to reaffirm our priorities and desires for the kind of life that we want to live. In this yearly assessment of past projects and future hopes it is of great value to ask ourselves the striking question that Wesley’s Methodists were wont to probe one another with: How is it…
April H. 3 Minute Read The Nativity Story is the first Biblically-based movie to be produced by a major film company since the epic Ben-Hur (1959). Epic The Nativity Story is not, at least not on the grand scale of Ben-Hur or The Ten Commandments (1956), with lavish sets and thousands of extras. No, the strength of The Nativity Story…
Lanier Ivester 2 Minute Read It’s deliciously cloudy out–and suitably chilly–and I’m relishing to the prospect of a day in my kitchen full of happy bustle and preparation for Thanksgiving. We’ll be going to my parents’ tomorrow, and we’re looking forward to a day on the farm with Philip’s family on Friday. But today is ‘at home’ day and I…
Lanier Ivester 3 Minute Read As is my customary habit, I asked the Lord at the spring of this New Year to give me a word for 2006–a particular Scripture that appealed to my spirit and carried a vision, however dim, for the days to come. I have been literally amazed in years past to see what bearing these verses…
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