Bible at Home

Sometimes Christ speaks to us through the words of a child. Many times he speaks through his church, in its teaching and preaching and in its traditions and rituals, and certainly in the the Scriptures, which are not a literary relic , but through which Christ speaks all the time. (paraphrase from the Spiritual Diaries…

I am the grandmother of a fifteen year old and an almost eleven year old; this week I was “carded” in Walmart when I checked out with a bottle of strawberry wine among my purchases. Maybe it was the hat that might have concealed or at least shadowed part of my face. Jack was sure…

One day when my college friend Pat and I were walking on the beach at Jones Beach, we saw two young boys on a dock looking at a catch of fish hanging on a line from the side of the dock. “That must hurt a lot,” said the smaller boy. “Oh no,” his companion said,…

“Pull in your elbow”, my violin teacher told me over and over again. I always obeyed, but I thought, “I don’t need to do that. I’ve seen violin players that held the instrument lots of different ways; this is just her style, but it might not be my style.” One day when I was practicing,…

How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in amity! It is like precious oil poured on the head running.. . down on “Aaron’s beard, down on the collar of his robe. It is as if the dew of Herman were falling on Mount Zion. For there the Lord bestows His blessing,…

A few years after my father died, I had a dream in which he approached me as I stood out of doors, and spoke to me. “Your mother is doing everything right for Stephanie” (my daughter) he said, “but I want her to have some of my duds.” Then he held out his hand, and…

In the 1938 movie The Amazing Adventure of Ernest Bliss, Cary Grant portrayed a multi-millionaire bachelor who was told by his doctor that his discontent and unhappiness were due entirely to his arrogant, careless lifestyle and isolation from ordinary working people. The movie was filmed in England during the Great Depression, giving our generation a…

At one time we lived near a ranch that bred and raised Arabian horses. They were magnificent animals, and often grazed in a field near the road that we usually traveled. One day, when I drove by the pasture, I had to slow down, as a graceful deer crossed the road in front of me,…

When the Queen of Sheba saw the wisdom of Solomon as well as the palace,. . . the food on his table, . . . his officials,. . . servants,. . . and the burnt offerings he made at the temple of the Lord, she was overwhelmed. She said to the king, . . .…

OOPS The last blog, Steadfast Love contained a glip, an ad for some kind of chair. Neither Jack nor I can understand exactly how that happened, but I’ll be monitoring more closely from now on. Also, if you do not receive a blog on a Sunday or a Wednesday, please let me know. So far,…