Have you ever heard, or maybe read, something for the umpteenth time, and suddenly noticed a word or a phrase that you could swear wasn’t there the last time? It probably has something to do with familiarity; our eyes/ears process the words, but they don’t really register in our brains because we’re so familiar with…
Month: November 2022
Advent Reading Recommendations
What are you reading during Advent this year? What’s your standard practice? Do you read any special Advent book, or follow any sort of blog/newsletter? I haven’t for most of my life; it’s only in the most recent years that I’ve read anything out of the ordinary for Advent. A major part of that is…
Believe and Live
One of the Scriptures that intrigues me every time I come across is John 21:25. At the end of his book, written so that the readers might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and by such belief have life through His name, John, a member of Jesus’ “inner” circle as it…
Stones of Remembrance
“You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with…
Friendship
I’ve been thinking over the last few weeks and months about friendship. Often, we don’t realize the impact particular people have on our lives until they no longer fill that role, and I’m not sure how to change that and recognize those influences while they’re still around. How exactly does one measure friendship? We’ve probably…