Joy to the World!

When I was young, my siblings and I each had chores.  Mine was to clean the bathroom.  Once a week,  I transformed our scuzzy bathroom into sweet smelling cleanliness again. At least that is how I remember it.  I probably was not quite as effective in my work as I...

Birthday Psalm

Psalm 92 It is good to give thanks to the Lord And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; 2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, 3With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre. 4 For You,...

The Beginning of us All – Falling

In the third chapter of Genesis, a tempter came which the Bible later teaches us was Satan.  Satan spoke to the woman and made her think that God was depriving them of something desirable.   3:1 “Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the...

The Beginning of us all – A Real Choice

8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the...

The Beginning of Us All – Teamwork

18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.” How many of us know the names of the US teams who won gold medals at the 2016 Olympics?  I googled “US Olympic teams 2016” and found a Wikipedia entry...