God got the last laugh and the last word! Christ is raised from the dead!! Why not sing songs like “This is the Day”; “Rejoice in the Lord Always”; “I’ve…
Today is April Fool’s Day, a day when folks play light-hearted practical jokes on one another. My Mom played the same one every year. It always involved a robin and…
What kind of prayers do you pray? Are they just (tsp.) teaspoon prayers of T-thanks, S-sorry and P-please? Did you manage a (tbsp) tablespoon today, including, T-thanks, B-beginning, S-sorry, P-please?…
Do we really talk to the folks that matter? Or do we just talk over them some time in the future—at their funeral, or when we gather and commiserate and…
We couldn’t believe our eyes when we went to dinner at our favourite restaurant. Its country décor had disappeared and now sleek black and white furnishings dominated the interior. What…
My friend Susan calls them mental hamsters. Like the little furry creatures, they run round and round on a wheel in your brain, causing you no end of grief. Like…
Is it any wonder that “ease” is the main syllable in the word “Easter”? After all, “ease” means a comfortable and leisured state free from worries, problems, and restrictions. It…
As a child it meant scrubbed faces, shiny shoes, new bonnets and candy sweets. Oh, how we looked forward to Easter. The original participants found this day not to be…
I am always puzzled by the name Good Friday. Good in the long run that Jesus died… sure. Good on that day for Jesus? Not so much. The word “good”…
Yep. Today is the day! Maundy Thursday celebrates two events that happened the night before Jesus’ death on the cross. The first is communion. We celebrate that without a second…
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