In the seventh Beatitude, Jesus says that the ones who try to make or maintain Peace between their fellowmen are Blessed or Happy. Have...

Purity is an important part of the Old Testament. The devout Jewish believer was constantly being reminded of this requirement for the...

The fourth Beatitude talks of Mercy. What is mercy? Strong's concordance gives this definition of the greek word translated as merciful...

This Beatitude made me think of a hymn by Fanny Crosby: "He hideth my soul in the cleft of the rock, That shadows a dry, thirsty land; He...

"Still waters run deep". It's something my dad would say sometimes. When I was a kid, I used to wonder what that meant. After...

The second Beatitude is more than it seems on the surface. It seems like Jesus is just saying not to worry, if you are sad about...

"On a hill far away" Jesus started His public ministry. Matthew chapter 5 says that Jesus saw the multitudes who were following Him and...

This morning I read 3 chapters of Ecclesiastes and when I got to the wonderfully poetic first verses of the third chapter, I heard the...

What do you feel when you look at the picture above? I felt intense sadness and a sense of waste. I noticed the storm clouds...

My reading took me unexpectedly to Jonah today. Since it is such a short book, I decided to read it all. It is an amazing story and has...

When I was a young woman, I visited Niagra Falls. I was struck immediately by the Sound! It was so huge a sound. It filled the area...

As I read my Bible these days, I feel kind of like an explorer. Like a spiritual Indiana Jones, I seek treasures that are just around...

We are like the stones in this picture, polished and perfected by the unceasing action of the waves. We are part of a purpose and a Plan....

When Jesus came to earth, He made the Old Testament come alive. He not only made the old prophesies come true, but He made sense of the...

After finishing the last chapter of John, I thought what a miracle the spread of the gospel was. The twelve men chiefly responsible for...

Jesus appeared twice to the disciples in Jerusalem at an interval of 8 days. Then...nothing. The disciples remembered something Jesus...

As important as the events of the Cross are to us as christians, the mission that Jesus was sent to do was not completed that day. It is...

This part of Jesus' life and ministry is, as I indicated in the last blog entry, difficult for me to comment upon. It is a very personal...

Chapter 18 begins John's account of Christ's final hours before His crucifixion. These chapters are hard for me, because my vivid...

This whole chapter records the prayer that Jesus prayed for His disciples just before He entered into the Garden of Gethsemane. The...