In the last blog, I wrote of forgiveness as “the exotic of heaven” which we embrace and release to those who have harmed us. Once we have...

The harm done to us by another can be such that great courage is needed in the process of grace-filled forgiveness. In our suffering, our...

Last week I stayed in a 17th century villa in the enchanting countryside of Tuscany. This photo is of a bridge near where I stayed. As I...

Signs of spring are everywhere, new life sprouting and blossoming, from the greening of the trees to the gorgeous blankets of bluebonnets...

I spent three delightful but damp years of my childhood from ages 5 to 8 on the west coast of Scotland. Very quickly my older brother and...

I’ve been blessed with grandchildren….number 11 is on the way as I write this! And like most grandparents I find them adorable and...

Psalm 74, subtitled “an appeal against the devastation of the land by the enemy,” is so appropriate when we consider some of the places...

Acts 3 narrates an amazing incident where a man lame from birth sat daily at the Beautiful Gate to beg. Peter and John walked by as he...

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We’re all faced with pressures and difficulties: unresolved relational tensions, apprehensions about the future, fear of lack or loss,...