It is with sadness that I write these words.  It is time for me to end writing this column.  As most of you are aware, I have had a very difficult year or so, and right now my heart is not into writing anymore.  So, after much prayer and thinking things through, I have decided [...]

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps not record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, [...]

“No gift to your mother can ever equal her gift to you – life.” A woman has the most mysterious and wonderful power in the whole world – choosing to give birth to a child.  Most of the time, the child is born into a family unit.  But there are times when a woman has [...]

“On Easter Day, the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.” Douglas Thornton Easter Day is so full of joy and promise–of promises filled and yet to be realized–and a glimpse to life everlasting.  We have gone through a long period of Lent, pondering the sufferings of Christ and his ultimate death so that [...]

Hope.  March is the perfect time to reflect on hope. Soon we’ll see visual signs of new life in the spring flowers and new tendrils of grass peeking up out of the brown frozen ground. We hear of God’s promise of eternal life through the sacrifice and death of His only son, Jesus Christ.  Without [...]

    “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 Love.   Can you love someone before seeing them?  Of course, as parents, we love our children as they are growing in the mothers’ womb.  But, what about adoptive parents? Can they love a child before having a physical or emotional [...]

To everything there is a season,  and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die;  a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal;  a time to break down, and a [...]

“Do not get tired of doing what is good.  Do not get discouraged and give up, for we reap a harvest of  blessings at the appropriate time”.  –Galatians 6:9 I am certain that for all of us, at times, it seems like no matter how hard we pray, or how many sacrifices we may make, [...]

“Holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.”  Hebrews 12:14 Mother Theresa is quoted as saying “True holiness consists in doing God’s will with a smile.” That goes against the grain of popular culture, which has the pursuit of personal happiness as its mantra and false message. Recently, in a conversation with a young [...]

“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” G. K. Chesterton The beginning of a new school years signifies getting back into a routine, having an overscheduled appointment book, and the constant juggling of not having enough time to fit in everything which needs to be done. [...]