Category Archives: December 2023

A new year is about to dawn. When I was a young husband/father, I remember talking with an insurance agent, and mention was made of the fact that I would be eligible for retirement or Social Security in the year 2007.  At that time, “2007” was inconceivable to me. I had not thought of ever gettingContinue reading “Exclamation Marks, All the Way!”

(This is not original with me; I hope you will be blessed by it as I was) “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria). And allContinue reading “Christmas Through the Eyes of Mary”

Under a blanket of white, fresh snow on Christmas morn, the sleepy village woke as church bells rang in honor of the Christ-child born. Beside the tracks, white-framed, the old home-place still stood where 7 girls and 7 boys once gathered firewood. Long since were gone, forever past, those glee-filled days when children laughed, half-wildContinue reading “Christmas, Past and Future”

Those words were not spoken by someone who had just won the lottery; or by someone who had just gotten promoted to a coveted position after years of hard work; or by a parent, reconciled to an estranged child after years of waiting, hoping, and praying; but by an 8-year-old bus kid two weeks agoContinue reading ““The Best Day I Ever Had!””

The world at large is now into the “spirit of Christmas,” which can mean multiple things—from gift-giving and parties to special musical cantatas and candlelight services to Christmas eve and morning around the Christmas tree, to mention just a few. But, I have been thinking about the Holy Spirit of Christmas. God’s Spirit, the HolyContinue reading “The Holy Spirit of Christmas”

Bible-believers are following the events in the state of Israel with heightened interest, observing as always history past and present through the lens of scripture. As a pastor I have been musing about what and when to pen some thoughts on the subject. Until I do, I offer, with permission, the following article written byContinue reading “Israel: the Big Picture”

“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it….” (Song of Solomon 8:7) The wise man spoke of love’s unequalled power, much as did the Apostle centuries later, writing that “now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (I Cor. 13:13) Any pastor worthy of his callingContinue reading “The Power of Love”

Missionary Ron White served his Savior faithfully and fervently in active duty for the best part of 60 years, mostly in Japan. He and his wife, Odessa, headed to Japan as ambassadors of our Lord soon after graduation from college, having raised a marginal amount of support to couple with their full load of faith.Continue reading ““I Will Give Myself””