As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one…”Romans 3:10 (ESV) If you have the responsibility of cleaning your home, you are probably aware of a great multi-surface product called Swiffer dry cloths. You simply attach a rectangle of Swiffer cloth to your mop and...

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.Philippians 4:8 (ESV) Sympathy is...

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.Romans 8:28 (ESV) Recently my book club met, and we shared titles of books that shaped our philosophies of life while growing up. One woman...

Honor your father and your mother.Exodus 20:12 (ESV)The Ten Commandments #5 When Gus Van Dyk was an ecologist at Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa, he became distressed over a series of attacks on the park’s rhino population. Badly mutilated rhino carcasses...

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.Proverbs 18:24 (ESV) Wise older friends around me who are living fulfilled lives tell me that when it comes down to it, life is all about the people we love and the...

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.James 3:17&18 (ESV) Imagine our world is a huge farm with...

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.Proverbs 1:7 (ESV) Children growing up in the 1950s had vastly different lives compared to today. It was less common for married women to work. My mom spent many hours cooking and...

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.I Thessalonians 4:13 (ESV) I have been thinking about grieving because my mother passed away recently. As Elizabeth Kubler-Ross wrote...

And you shall love the Lord your God with ALL your heart and with ALL your soul and with ALL your mind and with ALL your strength.Mark 12:30 (ESV) Closing out 2020 felt good. It became more and more difficult to find anything positive as the year progressed. Don’t get...

Honor your father and your mother.Exodus 20:12 (ESV)The Ten Commandments #5 “The great bison rumbled on these prairie lands like gods of thunder and roamed the grasses from the Mississippi River to the Missouri. The earth between was settled by pioneers following ox,...

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for Me One who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.Micah 5:2 (ESV) Darryl officiated at a wedding recently and we...