MOTIVATE 0 funerals in 2025 (56 since 2010) 2026 will likely bring sadness or shock / if it hasn’t for you in other ways already in 2025. I will turn 49 in 2026… death becomes more mindful than yesteryear. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: “The young may die, the old must.” My drum beat: Christmas is merry…
Three Trees Parable
Once upon a mountaintop, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up. 1st Tree looked up and said, “I want to be surrounded with the world’s most beautiful treasure.” 2nd Tree said, “I want to travel mighty waters w/ powerful royalty.” 3rd Tree said, “I want to…
Christmas Offspring (Genesis 3:15)
Christmas is about family and friends The stockings lined up on the mantle The ongoing list of presents to purchase Attending parties and gatherings with gift exchanges Wondering who drank the last of the egg nog and left the empty jug in fridge Sitting together in church watching advent candles being lit, singing carols, and…
3:16
Many Christians know John 3:16. But do you know 1 Timothy 3:16? “Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: Christ was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.”1 Timothy 3:16 Jesus was born to die, so…
