Kind Words That Fit Just Right
I especially love the comforting words of Jesus: “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart,…
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Every square of your family’s experience is a piece of a quilt.
This wool crazy quilt is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Crazy quilt, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of the Zelanka Family, in honor of Bernard and Rhoda Zelanka, 2016 Created c. 1880-1900, the…
A Time to Match
Christmas is a fun time for matching sweaters and matching PJs. I wonder what it is like for twins who wear matching outfits all the time. These little girls are the Sunbonnet Twins who illustrated The Sunbonnet Twins: A Story…
Running to Daddy
Every September walkers and runners come to Gainesboro to Run4Don, a 5K race that honors minister Don Chaffin who passed away from Lou Gehrig’s disease several years ago. The Run4Don raises money for college scholarships for local students and for…
Gather Your Chicks
Jesus worked so hard. He healed. He taught. He loved. He cared. Christ Healing the Blind by Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco, c. 1570 Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1978…
The Deep Down in Our Hearts Kind of Joy
Christians get blue, too, sometimes. This may be a blue day for you. From the life situations that some of you have shared with me, I feel confident that today is a blue day for some of you. It is…