Lord, we look toward you, our hope, our peace, and our comfort in this New Year. As we enter into the unknown of the coming year, we ask for your guidance and wisdom. Illuminate our path with your light so that we may walk in your ways and make choices that align with your will.…

An old hymn that I have not heard in a while is, “What Will You Do with Jesus?” The lyrics go like this, “What will you do with Jesus / The question comes to you / And you must give an answer / For something you must do / What shall it be / What…

Jericho is an ancient city in the Jordan valley, located northwest of the Dead Sea. It is mentioned many times in both the Old and New Testaments (the OT mentions Jericho far more than the NT—57 times in the OT, and 7 in the NT). The path between Jericho and Jerusalem (to the SW) was…

The English language contains somewhere between 500,000 and 1,000,000 words. Over time, words are added. And, words will continue to be added to our dictionaries and lexicons. As culture changes, so does the use of words. For instance, the word “handsome” used to mean that someone was handy—that they were good with their hands. Now,…

As I have aged, I have mellowed in many ways. Although I have (mostly) always been a fairly laid-back guy, I suffered like most young men from bouts of agitation and aggression. But the larger part of that is gone now. Things that formerly upset me no longer do. Events or happenings that aroused my…