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January 2024

January 24, 2024
He sat among the king's elite "priests"—listening. The king seemed anxious at the prisoner's prediction...
January 17, 2024
 Having spent all his days laboring for the Lord, Peter wondered about ultimate rewards the...
January 10, 2024
Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream of equity and freedom for the United States....
January 03, 2024
As each new year begins, we seek goals for improving our lives, which should include...

December 2023

December 27, 2023
At this time of year we talk of peace and sing of peace. Yet the...
December 20, 2023
Recently we joined one of our granddaughters, who was lying on her back with her...
December 13, 2023
 Silent Night! Holy Night! Son of God, love's pure light The final verse of this...
December 06, 2023
She didn't expect to be changing eternity. Like many Jewish girls, at age 14 she...

November 2023

November 29, 2023
An old man in the neighborhood was peaceful. Neighbors wondered what his secret was. He...
November 22, 2023
"Count your many blessings; name them one by one, /And it will surprise you what...
November 15, 2023
For as long as I can remember, I have looked up to my paternal grandmother’s...
November 08, 2023
The invitation from Jesus was to “sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the...
November 01, 2023
Children may learn to know Christ's loving face. I feel my Savior's love / In...

October 2023

October 25, 2023
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it...
October 18, 2023
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October 11, 2023
Walking by faith does not ensure  that everything will be easy or work out in...
October 04, 2023
Jesus of Nazareth is always our ultimate model for living peaceably together. And loving one...

September 2023

September 28, 2023
  Prophets through the ages have taught God’s children to stand steadfast in holy places,...
September 20, 2023
“Jesus wept”—the shortest verse in the New Testament—charged with emotion we should recognize. When Jesus...
September 13, 2023
My health issues often make me dizzy or light headed—I bump into walls, doors, furniture,...
September 06, 2023
About 70 years after Babylon destroyed Jerusalem, Persia took over Babylon and allowed the Jews...

August 2023

August 30, 2023
  “He would have walked right here,” I tell those with me. I’ve been blessed...
August 23, 2023
It is hard to choose a favorite scripture, but if I had to it would...
August 16, 2023
At 3:31 a.m. on February 27, 2010, our Santiago, Chile world was in turmoil, shaken...
August 09, 2023
I have a large wooden sign in my bedroom, which continually reminds me,  “Just enough...
August 02, 2023
Many wonder how the Sea of Galilee, a lake one can see across, produces storms...

July 2023

July 26, 2023
Amid life’s journeys we might sometimes find ourselves trusting in God, whereas other times we...
July 19, 2023
  My wife and I were blessed to go with our 17-year-old son, Jordan, on...
July 12, 2023
Christ was exhausted from Roman/Jewish persecution—in addition to suffering for the sins, sicknesses, and sorrows...
July 05, 2023
“Touch is my reality,”  wrote the adult Helen Keller, who had lost her vision and...
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