It’s Christmas ya’ll! That time of year when Christians from all of the world take time to celebrate the first Advent, [the coming of the Lord] who came to save us from our sins! (See Matt 1:21-23) Emmanuel – God with us! What an amazing thought! I can remember my very first Christmas after giving […]
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Another holiday season is upon us! Our sweet Josiah is coming to be with us for a whole week! What a blessing! Also, this will be the first Christmas since the passing away of four of our beloved family: my brother, Ted, Dan’s brother Chuck, our sis in law, Julie and my dear mother. We […]
“But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house, At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.” Psalm 5:7 NASB My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Through the years we would prepare to open our home to friends, sharing the blessings of coming together to give thanks. In Scotland […]
One of the promises we have as followers of Christ is to become like Jesus in thought, word, and deed. Our internal world [what is happening on the inside by the Spirit] matches or reflects what is taking place or is being lived out on the outside so that our Christianity is both seen and […]
Throughout this year we continue to offer teaching and training to the faculty and students of Emmanuel Theological Seminar (ETS) in Kalaymyo, Myanmar. This was one of our teacher cohorts earlier this year. Each of these online trainings are designed to assist with course development, classroom delivery, spiritual gifting and impartation. They are well into […]
How we love the change of seasons. It refreshes our souls and reminds us of happy times in years gone by. This year we are especially happy to find ourselves home together at the same time for Thanksgiving (have been on different places or continents for a few of the past) and the blessing of […]