Friday Messages

Dear Followers of Jesus,I have been pondering in my mind and heart the words from the Sabbath song, “Tis the holy Sabbath day, the Creator set apart / From all others for worship, pure worship of...

Any author worthy of our time gives a clear message in what he writes. When that message illuminates some eternal truth or principle, we feel well-rewarded and may again pick up the book with the...

Hello Friends,Fall is a fantastic time to reflect on the rhythm of change God has woven into the fabric of our lives. Examples include the changing of the seasons, time (don’t forget the time change...

And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat...

I recently heard a sermon in which the speaker pointed out that in Hebrews 4:9 (“Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people”) there is a special Greek word for the Sabbath: sabbatismos,...

Dear friends, There’s a term occasionally used in music, tempo giusto. This can be the idea that each composition has its own ideal tempo, or it might include the idea of trying to arrive at the...

Dear friends, Greetings from Fairwood, where the fall colors are starting to glorify God again. I’ve been thinking about reality checks—those things, events, or facts of nature that tell us the...

Softly fades the twilight ray of the holy Sabbath day;Gently as life’s setting sun, when the Christian’s course is done. Night her solemn mantle spreads o’er the earth, as daylight fades;All things...

Dear Friends of God,As I have gotten older, my short term memory is not as good as it used to be!  I walk into another room and I can’t remember what I needed to get or why I went there. ...

I like to read about or listen to podcasts about running, even though I do not do much of that any more, and I’ve made some comparisons between the Christian life and long-distance running.  In...