Advent Devotions – December 5th

Advent Devotions – December 5th Luke 2:3 And everyone went to his own town to register. When we register something, we record it. A cash register receipt gives us a record of our purchase. We register our cars with DMV to verify they belong to us. We register...

Advent Devotions – December 3rd

  Advent Devotions – Day 3 Luke 2:1: In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world.  Caesar wanted a headcount of everyone in the entire Roman world. He wanted a “count”. The noun can mean a sum, a tally, a...

Today: Gentleness

I write today’s devotional from my mother’s hospital room.  I sit here watching her sleep in her bed, while my daughter is curled up, crashed on the green vinyl recliner chair.  Mom was diagnosed with renal failure and we’ve spent the last several days here, amidst...

GratiTuesday – Grace and Grit

Recently, within a matter of a week… I encountered three separate and unrelated situations in my life that brought with them incredible pressure, stress and anxiety. Thankfully, nothing life shattering or life-threatening, but nonetheless circumstances which...

A Bird’s Eye View

As I looked out my window this morning… I saw two birds foraging in the morning grass.  One was a starling, black feathers gleaming in the sunlight.  The other was a robin, with a chest round and red like an apple.  The starling moved at a steady pace, walking...