“On the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices thatthey had prepared.” – Luke 24:1 Long before it was imported into the Christian tradition, the Spring festival honored thegoddess Eostre or Eastre. The name is pronounced Easter. She was the ancient Anglo Saxongoddess of the dawn...
“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” – Colossians 3:16 “Every song is a teaching tool. Our songs either anchor us in truth, or they lead us...
“God made the wild animals of the earth of every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.” -Genesis 1:25 “May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works.” — Psalm 104:31 “…the Lord does...
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” – Isaiah 43:18-19 “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so...
At Christmas, by Edgar Guest A man is at his finest towards the finish of the year; He is almost what he should be when the Christmas seasons here; Then he’s thinking more of others than he’s thought the months before, And the laughter of his children is a joy worth toiling for. He is...
“They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for want of shelter.” Job 24:7-8 “The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in andbecause of the cold, they kindled a...
