Growing Up In Greenhills- Week Three
I was sitting on the porch of my house when I heard the phone ringing. In the 1960s we didn’t have air conditioning so all the windows were open. I still can remember my phone number 825-6363 fifty-some years later. How is that even possible?
Guard Your Mouth
A careless, thoughtless word can cause lingering pain, and can certainly hurt the relationship if left untreated. I know there are angry, wounded, hateful people who intend to harm others. But that is another "animal". More often our hurts come from those who actually love us.
Reading the Bible in Year
How many of you have read the entire Bible? How many of you have read it in a year? My son’s family in Penang Malaysia and his daughter here in the States along with Grandma and Grandpa are about halfway through reading the Bible in a year.
Look for the Lovely
It can be very difficult sometimes to look for the good ... for the lovely thing ... in people and in situations. When we’re hurt or sick or broken or misunderstood, often our minds and hearts go on the defensive and wonder why ... why me ... why this ... why now?
The Order of the Basin and Towel
It is Thursday night, the night before Jesus was to be crucified. In John 13:1-2 we read that Jesus' hour had come, and he would soon be dead. This was his destiny and these men with him were his beloved disciples, the men he had chosen and the Father had given him.