Friday Messages

The words of John the beloved have been ringing through my head. At the very end of Revelation he says, “Yes, come Lord Jesus!” I imagine a great longing must have been in his voice when those words...

My wife Jess and I will be moving to our new house in Oneonta, NY in a few days. We’re both excited to move and to make the new place “home,” but we’re still in the “between” stage. Our current...

We are pilgrims traveling on the road to heaven. We are moving along the King’s highway toward that “City which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” We often walk by faith and not by...

How many of you have taken a shortcut which ended up in disaster? This frequently happens in life, when we get so caught up in the pursuit of some wonderful goal that we start cutting corners in...

    “God’s in His heaven, all’s right with the world.” This is a well-known line from Pippa, an orphan girl in a Robert Browning poetic drama.  It expressed the relief that she felt at her one day...

Dear Friends who love God and the Sabbath,A few months ago our daughter shared a Sabbath song that she found on YouTube called “Temple Made of Time.” If you want to view it, here is the...

“Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance...

Some months ago, my wife Pari decided that it was time to visit her mother in India.  There are challenges in arranging such a trip, but by far the greatest challenge is how daddy will take care of...

Welcome to the Thanksgiving season as we enter the month of November. The weather has definitely cooled over the past several weeks here in Georgia and for that I’m thankful.  Around this time...

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. John 14:27The above words were spoken by Jesus...

“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements will burn and be dissolved, and the earth and the works on it will be...

I was reading Psalm 18 not long ago as translated from the Aramaic into English. In this rendering, different phrases seemed to pop out that blessed me. I hope it does the same for you: I shall love...