Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down
“Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down!” We’ve all played that game haven’t we? It’s a silly game that kids love to play mostly because you get to spin and then fall down.
Entries by kathy z
Do You Need to Start Over?
Did you know God’s first promise to send his Son was spoken to the Devil? Sure seems a little backwards, doesn’t it? How did things go so wrong and what does this teach us about starting over?
Enjoy Advent, Please!
It had become an annual event. A plan would be laid out. A step by step route would be followed. A well-defined list of goals was in hand. Alarms were set.
Don and the One Thing Necessary
I could hardly bear the smell but I couldn’t leave. His eyes squinted as he rearranged his feet on the carpet. “I apologize for the mess,” he said. “So, what have you been up to lately?” shouted the naïve vicar. He looked down, and ran a thin hand across his chair’s armrest.
When God Asks for Too Much
You don’t need to be able to handle everything to live a joyful, contented life. And we find out why today as we look at the Feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew 14, where Jesus tells his disciples and us exactly what to do when God asks for too much.
