SHAKE IT OFF:  A SNAKE ENCOUNTER

SHAKE IT OFF: A SNAKE ENCOUNTER

Don’t you love the expression on Atlee Griffin’s face in the featured photo?  Her face shows how most of us feel about encounters with snakes. Fear grips us, and we are immobilized, or we are running and screaming. Few of us experience no reaction when we confront a...
Grounded in Faith and Family

Grounded in Faith and Family

“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 My family is presently in Los Angeles, CA; staying at the...
Chosen

Chosen

“But now, listen to me, Jacob, my servant, Israel my chosen one. The Lord who made you and helps you says; ‘Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one. For I will pour out water to quench your thirst and to irrigate your parched fields. And I...
Free Indeed

Free Indeed

“Therefore if the Son sets you free, you will be free.” John 8:36 I knew a girl who was a prisoner. She didn’t wear visible chains or have on prisoner’s garments, but she was serving a sentence. She lived under the rule of her decisions. She never felt...