Shining Moments

Shining Moments

Tim Tebow released by the Jets. Change. An ending. Time to move on. Take the Name of Jesus with you We’d sing that song every Sunday evening before we parted. That dear congregation in our church in Saugerties,New York, Voices mingling the young and the old. It will...
Shining Moments

Shining Moments

The scent of lilacs draws me back in thoughts to a  lovely park in upstate New York. After the cold, seemingly endless winter, springtime was always welcomed with joy. And the row of lilac bushes lining the street was magnificent to me as a young girl. Then again I...
Shining Moments

Shining Moments

Thirsty. Hearts thirsty for love and belonging. Souls thirsty for forgiveness and redemption. Minds thirsty for truth. Bodies thirsty for water. Living water that satisfies our deepest need. We live in a world that drains and exhausts all our energies. Day after day...
Shining Moments

Shining Moments

One great mistake I’ve made again and again in life is to worry. Yes, from the time I was very young my heart would become troubled and upset about many things. Although I grew physically and entered my teens and young adult years. I’d still worry and at times become...
Shining Moments

Shining Moments

Another soldier has gone home. George Beverly Shea. Many years ago I heard him sing.    I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold      and as a young girl of fifteen my soul whispered quietly, “Yes.” It was at a Billy Graham Crusade inNew York City. Although I was...