Marge Hoyle

Happy 91st Birthday, Marge Hoyle!  Your life of love and faith has been a beacon of hope for your immediate family and to all the “Margie kids” that circle the globe.  I remember attending your 80th fiesta at Paula’s.  Many of your students from Korea sent you emails.  Notes of appreciation were collected from dozens…

Heed His Call

We tend to hope that we please others way more than we trust that God loves us. “Do they like me or approve of my passion?” Jeremiah was hated by many and he wrote something worth clinging to. “I am radiant with joy over the goodness of the Lord. And my life is like a…

Childlike Wonder

As children of God, we have all been adopted, sealed and delivered into the love of a Father who keeps His promises. If you have a combined family, have remarried into a family with kids from a previous marriage, or if God gifted you with an adopted child on earth, this prayer may bring a…

A Trickster ?

That cunning, slippery, shrewd, devious, astute, charming, shifty, subtle Liar, the Trickster of all the ages — easily engages his fancy footwork to trip us up every time we attempt to “be a do gooder”. Think about the evil Trickster and how he successfully recruited others to bewilder a mass of people into his ways! …

Wisely Question

Can I find relevance in words that were written over 3,500 years ago.  Do I belong in this chaotic world, or would I fit better in another place?  Is it possible to frame an understanding of all creation with mere words? Who was it that asked over 3,300 questions in the oldest, most controversial book…

SECOND CORINTHIANS

The Christians in Corinth caused their founding pastor Paul more grief than any of the other churches. God gives each of us immeasurable patience, mercy and forgiveness, so we are expected to issue the same measure unto ourselves, and to others. People that accept Jesus as Lord, are not suddenly all polished up into mannerly, forgiving…