Bible at Home

“On the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you. . . wrapped in cloths. No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you.” (Ezekiel 16: 4-5) These are the words…

While I was pulling weeds from the beds in front of our house in the spring time, my five year old neighbor from across the street walked up to me and I said, “Hi, Johnny.” He answered me, and asked, Have you seen any angle worms yet?” I answered that I had seen one or…

My Sister Nancy has identical twin sons and two older sons. One of my nieces has twin sons also, but they are fraternal, not identical. It has been fascinating to follow their growing up and the ways in which twins differ from “singles.” In both cases the boys are very close and engaged in most…

Children still understand the feast of Christmas; they still sometimes feast to excess in the matter of plum pudding or turkey. But there is never anything in the least frivolous about their attitude to a plum pudding or a turkey. Still less is there anything frivolous in their attitude to a stocking or a Christmas…

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who ,then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? He called a little child to him and placed the child among them. And he said. . . “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me.” (Matthew 18:1,2,5) With no other age of…

Little Children Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven ad earth, for you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.” (Luke 10:12)These words of Jesus were spoken to seventy some followers including the disciples who had returned from…

You may not be starting to cook today, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t start praying today for good food, the contact with loved ones, the needs of the world; and it’s not too early to pray for Peace on Earth, good will toward all mankind! The Blog will return on Sunday. Have a…

In a sixth grade Sunday School class I was teaching we discussed the misery of the Hebrew people when they were slaves in Egypt. “It’s hard for us to understand what it might be like to be a slave, because we don’t own people in America any more.,” I said. A hand shot up and…

Visiting our grandchildren is always a pleasure. Once when we visited, our four year old grandson was wielding a newly aquired plastic sword, and he said to me, “I can’t really decide if I want to be David or Goliath.” I asked, “What’s the difference?” “well,” he said, Goliath had a great sword.” “Yes”, I…

My father was a retired school administrator who loved gardening.One year he had a bumper crop from his hard work and was telling us how good it was to have so many fresh vegetables for the summer. “You’ll really like the asparagus when it gets ripe, and this is the best year so far for…