This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. While not all churches will make an emphasis on Lent, your children may question how others celebrate it. They may see ashes on the foreheads of some people who embrace the day and celebrate it within their churches. For those who may not know about…
This quickly became one of my favorite verses many years ago. It sums up the Christian life so succinctly. We ought to love one another. It is so easy to say the words that we should love one another, and it is easy to love the ones who are good, or nice, to us. It…
One of the very first scripture passages that I remember memorizing was 1 John 4:7-8. It was not because I was intentional about memorizing it, rather the verse, word for word, was put to music in a simple chorus. It was through that repetition that I remember the verse. As we move past Valentine’s Day…