Recently a group of us were talking about what it would be like to have been present when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the donkey. Who might have been in the crowd following him, waving...

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father...

It must be 40 years since Psalm 139 has become my goto psalm for praying for myself.  I love that the Lord knows me so well that my thoughts, words, actions, even my attempts to...

Although the word “holy”  appears more than 600 times in the Bible, there are only two times that it appears three times in succession.  The first is in Isaiah 6:1-4 In the year that King...

John 11:1-43 In the “Introduction” to his book, Brave Companions, historian David McCullough, makes this statement: “The past after all is only another name for someone else’s present. How would things turn out? They knew...

Recently I found a story I wrote as an assignment for a correspondence course in “Writing for Children and Teenagers” that I was taking in 1992.  This particular story was supposed to be a “fictionalized”...

I’ve forgotten the actual date, but I think it was Good Friday,1993, when we had a pageant that included a crucifixion. Our worship area at that time was rather patched together and we did a...

by Carolyn Schmitt I have a lot of respect for Nicodemus. Though it isn’t recorded, he must have been in various crowds when Jesus was telling parables and healing various people. So, the more he...

by Carolyn Schmitt There are a number of women named “Mary” mentioned in the New Testament:  Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary the mother of James and Joseph; Mary, Martha’s sister; Mary the wife of...

by Carolyn Schmitt It is interesting to me that while Peter’s denial is mentioned in all four gospels, only John tells about Jesus restoring Peter and giving him an additional occupation. I wish I knew...

by Carolyn Schnitt Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 The...

by Carolyn Schmitt During our Devotional team discussion, it was agreed that the “context” for each of the scriptures in Chapter 6 referred back to Verse 1 in various ways.   It’s easy to say a...