Hit the Pause Button and Listen!

Hit the Pause Button and Listen!

In 1905 my grandfather, Chester Maxwell, was given some excellent advice while at Shiloh Bible School in Maine. He was told, “Keep low before God, and listen.”  Today we will consider the part about listening. In Jeremiah 13:15 we are told, “Hear and give ear, do not...
Lessons My Chickens Taught Me

Lessons My Chickens Taught Me

This spring I launched into the world of chicken-raising, carving out a 14-chick-buffer against economic collapse and eggs which cost $10 a dozen.  While I will need to wait several more months before I see the first egg, I have already been abundantly provided...
Whoopee!

Whoopee!

Dear Friends, Welcome to another Friday message! Before I was reminded that this was my week, I found myself noticing some Scriptures related to the Sabbath, a frequent and well-considered subject for these Friday missives. What caught my attention was the huge...
We Have Waited for Him

We Have Waited for Him

I am reveling in the new opportunities for prayer, as fear and illness and anxiety sweep around the globe. My wife, nursing in a hospital, cares for those with the coronavirus much of the time and shares with me some things that occur there. Caregivers and patients...
A Place of Safety

A Place of Safety

Weeks before the onslaught of uncertainty and anxiety, brought on courtesy of the Coronavirus, I found myself wrestling with a different type of fear. I was faced with a circumstance that left me feeling spiritually unsafe and unprotected. What’s more, I couldn’t see...