This past weekend I went with friends to Renninger’s Extravaganza in Mount Dora, FL. This event is a paradise for anyone shopping for antiques. I bought some Christmas presents for family and had a great time. The sale is also a great place to take photographs of unusual items. In some ways it was depressing … Continue reading Re-purpose
When They Just Keep Digging
When some people hit bottom . . . . . . . they start digging deeper. What do you do with someone who doesn't seem to recognize how destructive their behavior is? Intervention doesn't always work. The tragic death of Philip Seymour Hoffman comes to mind. He had just come out of rehab. He knew … Continue reading When They Just Keep Digging
Diagnostics
You may have noticed -- I haven't posted in two weeks. Unfortunately my computer crashed. I spent the first week trying everything I could think of to troubleshoot and fix the problem. No luck. The next Saturday I called Tech Support and spent over two hours talking on the phone with a computer geek. He … Continue reading Diagnostics
First go and be reconciled . . . .
"Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift." Matthew 5:23-24. Some time ago I attended a Women of Faith conference … Continue reading First go and be reconciled . . . .
Herod the Paranoid
When they [the magi] had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." So he got up, took the … Continue reading Herod the Paranoid
We, Three Kings?
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him." When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. … Continue reading We, Three Kings?
Working the Night Shift
And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great … Continue reading Working the Night Shift
Getting a bad rap?
In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to … Continue reading Getting a bad rap?
An Honorable Man
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he … Continue reading An Honorable Man
What did I get myself into?
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." Mary … Continue reading What did I get myself into?
Lines from Lynn 