Jesus wept. The shortest verse in the Bible. The psalmist gives a prophetic glimpse of His tears in Psalm 6. Have you ever felt like this? “I am weary with my groaning; all night I soak my pillow with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping.” (Psalm 6:6). We know that Jesus often prayed […]
THOSE INTREPID PILGRIMS Just a week away from Thanksgiving, my mind goes back over 400 years in time to remember those who started it all. This little band of believers suffered under the pressure of the State Church of England, who bullied them, forced them to pay church tax, and sometimes imprisoned them for no […]
HOW DO WE CHANGE? It’s inevitable. Summer’s brilliance has narrowed and slanted into autumn’s waning light. We New Englanders feel the change and brace for another winter. We look forward to the first nip of frost, the crunch of a freshly picked apple, the sweet aroma of wood smoke curling upward into the chilling air. […]
STAND, NEW JERUSALEM “Come here,” the angel summoned the Apostle John. ” I will show you the Bride, the Lamb’s Wife”. And what did John see? A city! “I saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from […]