by debracelovsky | Feb 16, 2026 | Into the Vineyard, Lent/Easter, Prayer
The vinedresser is never nearer the canes than when he is pruning them. David Jeremiah, writer Here in Wine Country, with harvest long past and having shed their leaves, the crazy-auntie-looking vines are being meticulously pruned. The shorn vines now go to...
by debracelovsky | Jan 7, 2026 | Christmas, New Year, One Year Bible
Epiphany, from the Greek, epiphaniea, meaning “manifestation” or “appearance. Every year at Christmas, I find myself with the tricky task of explaining to kids (generally my Sunday School class of 5th and 6th graders) that the Wise Men, as...
by debracelovsky | Dec 10, 2025 | Christmas
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law. (Galatians 4:4 NKJV) Why, we might wonder, was Jesus born at that particular moment in history? Every year, as I read through the Old Testament, I hear a cosmic clock...
by debracelovsky | Nov 26, 2025 | Family Life, Thanksgiving
Like many families with grown children, Thanksgiving and Christmas are celebrated with Sam and me on alternate years. I’ve never minded this yearly pattern. Why? Well, one reason is that, in marriage, my children chose so well, and we always appreciate that they...
by debracelovsky | Nov 8, 2025 | Autumn, Family Life
The great thing about getting older is you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been. Madeleine L’Engle Birthdays are an annual reckoning, aren’t they? Of all the days in the year, it is the one marked for each of us. And the time between first...
