Come What May

As I write this, 2020 is winding down. Hopefully 2021 will be a better year, but time will tell. From our current vantage point, there is room for optimism. The vaccine for COVID-19 is already being distributed. With it, we may get a handle on the pandemic. But, from our current vantage point a great deal about the future remains unknown. Will those who lost their jobs find employment once again? Will we find healing for the division we currently experience? Will the virus mutate and perhaps result in additional setbacks? So many questions. So few answers. In pondering the future,...

Finding Joy This Christmas

Christmas is an excellent time for reflection. In doing so, I find that I have many unpleasant memories of events that involve the Christmas season. One Christmas season, the person to whom I was closest died. I had to arrange funeral services. This was made challenging as no one had cell phones. Many had left town for Christmas and I had no way of reaching them. Then there was a young lady I met many years ago. We got along very well. As we learned more about each other I discovered her family chose not to celebrate Christmas. For my family, Christmas was a major event. We parted ways...

A Symbol of Hope

 John 6:30 (NET) - So they said to him, "Then what miraculous sign will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?Throughout His earthly ministry, people asked Jesus for miraculous signs.Truthfully speaking, these requests were more like demands.According to their reasoning, this would cause them to believe.With all that is going on in the world today, perhaps we desire the miraculous even more.We would like Jesus to end the pandemic.We would like for Him to heal all division.Some might even ask Him to restore the...