by Mary Kane | Jul 6, 2026 | Spirit
Welcome back to Take 5!: Every Good Gift. Take 5!s are short, quick Bible studies to help you start your busy day in the Word of God. Please get your journal and pen and settle down in God’s presence. Before you start your study time, take a moment to pray and ask...
by Mary Kane & Jane VanOsdol | Apr 2, 2026 | Spirit
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...
by Jane VanOsdol | Feb 18, 2026 | Spirit
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...
by Jane VanOsdol | Jan 29, 2026 | Spirit
Have you ever received a piece of news that left you reeling? Perhaps everyone else around you could see it coming, but for whatever reason, you were blindsided by the revelation. That happened to me a few years ago. It was a challenging situation to handle, and I...
by Mary Kane | Jan 12, 2026 | Spirit
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...
by Jane VanOsdol | Nov 30, 2025 | Spirit
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...
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