“In a few days, billions of people across the globe will gather to celebrate Christmas. There will be feasts, gatherings, and gift-exchanges. We will pause from working and spend time with family and friends. We will sing, eat, laugh, and play.”
Tag Archives: joy
Family, Community, and Love
“Relationships are the glue that holds individuals, families, and even communities together.”
The Joy of Community
May is a fun month. Mother’s Day, graduations, and parent/child dedications. It is, to me, the quintessential month of family. Families gather for all these major events to celebrate life and the blessings the Lord sends our way. Some have Decoration Days at church, others schedule May weddings. This all culminates with Memorial Day andContinue reading “The Joy of Community”
Easter Every Day
“What if we considered each day as Resurrection Day?”
New Life
It is amazing how much anticipation, excitement, and joy a new birth brings.
Created for Community
I am grateful to have experienced a good deal of community in our town in a recent week. My calendar was full of opportunity to be with other people through a variety of occasions and events. I worked on a project with an old friend in another town, visiting with others while we are there,Continue reading “Created for Community”
Blessed
Some weeks feel blessed more than others. I can honestly say that my bride and I have felt blessed beyond measure for weeks on end. If you follow this blog, you may already have read the article entitled, “Adoption.” The week our son and daughter-in-love adopted our two grandchildren was a blessed week. A weekContinue reading “Blessed”
Adoption
(I’m breaking my review of 2020-2022 articles to celebrate!) Unless they have been hiding under a rock, my friends on social media know that my bride and I had a very special occasion recently. Not only did we have one, but our entire family also had one. Because of this, the result was that myContinue reading “Adoption”