Christine's Blog – December 2012 Archive (17)

Greetings! --perhaps you might like to print this, read ... and spend some time with it~



"There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under Heaven~



. . .a time to plant, and a time to uproot



. . .a time to tear down, and a time to build



. . .a time to scatter stones, and a time to gather them



. . .a time to keep, and a time to throw away



. . .a time to be silent, and a time to speak. from Ecclesiastes 3…

Ode to the Joy of being a Sheep.  Christmas, 2012.

Merry Christmas!

You know the scene . . . the shepherds are outside watching their sheep, when suddenly an…

The Birth of Jesus…

Hope in the Face of Pain – Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut



“We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”1

I heard the question loud and clear on CNN, “God, why did you take them?”

Twenty-six people gunned down yesterday--20 of them children … horrific, should never happen. A small town rocked to its core, as the rest of the world looks on, asking,…

Believing Thomas.  John 20.24-29

Good Day.

Christian, Jesus was not at all put off, scandalized or intimidated when someone questioned him, especially someone…

Peace be with YOU.  John 20.19-21

Seasons' Greeting . . .

When I was a small child, we went to church on Sunday nights.  Oh, not as an option to the Sunday morning service, not…

The Empty Tomb—A Place of Love.  John 20.1-9                                        

“Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the…