In a recent installment of You and God I shared with you a favorite classic Christmas story; in this post I want to tell you of a very special Christmas for the Slutz family, one that occurred 50 years ago this coming Christmas Eve. We were living in Dallas, Texas, where I was pursuing studiesContinue reading “Night of Wonders, Christmas Eve, 1970”
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On the Keeping of Christmas
My childhood memories of Christmas are treasured pictures of times precious yet contrasting to what we have become accustomed to in this 21st century. My folks lived in post-depression years and with five small children to feed and clothe, Christmas was family, some good food with what Mom could put a meal together (and she was atContinue reading “On the Keeping of Christmas”
Stories Forever Loved
Do you have a favorite Christmas story? (Other than the best of all as told in Luke 2) Maybe yours is the timeless “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens; or is it “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, or maybe “The Nutcracker” or perhaps “The Greatest Gift,” the story that was the basis forContinue reading “Stories Forever Loved”
They Twain Shall Be One
“Are you saved?” That three-word query, posed by a fellow warehouse worker, changed the course of Ed’s life and ultimately resulted in his being sent out as a missionary by a local Bible-preaching church that he had visited shortly after his friend asked him that soul-searching question. Hearing the gospel convincingly presented he responded at theContinue reading “They Twain Shall Be One”
Satan’s Masterpiece
When Jesus visited His hometown to proclaim the good news of His Kingdom offer to His own, Mark says in his gospel that Jesus “could there do no mighty work…and He marveled because of their unbelief.” (Mark 6:5,6) That’s a staggering thought: that those who had watched Jesus grow from childhood to adulthood, the extraordinary son ofContinue reading “Satan’s Masterpiece”
Divine Healing
Every one of us has walked up to the valley of the shadow of death with a loved one, hoping, praying, trusting God to deliver our cherished friend or family member from death’s domain, believing assuredly that God can do whatever He chooses; that God answers prayer; that all matters including life and death areContinue reading “Divine Healing”
Thanksgiving 1964
Before I was married August 14, 1965, I penned the following Thanksgiving “card” to my fiancée, Ellen Martisha Beshears, and, having recently come upon it again, I thought it still apropos for Thanksgiving, 2020. It was a 2-phase poem, a prayer and a promise: A Prayer: O thank You, Lord, for every gift That lifeContinue reading “Thanksgiving 1964”
“Not old, just older!”
She was one of those rare individuals that cross the pages of one’s life, making you and all others who were known by her richer for having been touched by a woman not cut from common cloth as it were but from a fabric both beautiful and resilient and life enriching. Effie was what weContinue reading ““Not old, just older!””
In For the Long Haul!
Warning: This post is of a personal nature; and, while I do not like to write about myself, I do want to glorify God by sharing with you and any interested readers something of His goodness to me and my family in allowing me to pastor fifty years. A friend recently asked, “How could you pastorContinue reading “In For the Long Haul!”
Steady Does It!
An Italian envoy floated into a Stockholm port on an official visit and, observing a stately, ornate building at water’s edge, assumed they had found the palace whereupon they announced their arrival with a 21-gun salute. One can only imagine the embarrassment when the visitors were informed that they were docked in front of what wasContinue reading “Steady Does It!”
