The Last of the Lasts

The Last of the Lasts

Matthew 26:17-30 contains the account of Jesus’ last Passover with his disciples. My Bible heads this passage with the term Last Supper. For many years, I considered this event as the last supper Jesus would eat on earth with his disciples. A few years ago it...
How To Celebrate Lent With Your Family

How To Celebrate Lent With Your Family

How to Celebrate Lent with Your Family Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. As a child, I remember the solemn mass of Ash Wednesday and being anointed with ashes in the sign of the cross on my forehead. As an adult, I attend a Protestant church, but I’ve...
Light for the New Year

Light for the New Year

The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. Isaiah 9:2 Most of us are familiar with the childhood game of Blind Man’s Bluff, in which a person who is it tries to tag...
Recapturing Advent

Recapturing Advent

The time sandwiched between Thanksgiving and Christmas in modern times seems to have been taken over by the retail world. It starts with a bang on Black Friday (the big shopping event the day after Thanksgiving) and is then measured by how many shopping days are left...
When Giving Thanks Greatly Pleases God

When Giving Thanks Greatly Pleases God

Good manners have always been a priority in my family. From a very young age I was taught to say please and to give thanks on every appropriate occasion, and I, in turn, taught my children to do the same. God also expects His children to use good manners when we...

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