by debracelovsky | Jun 14, 2021 | Family Life, Word
A teacher’s job is to take a bunch of live wires and see that they are well-grounded. Darwin D. Martin When I was sixteen I taught a class of second and third graders in the church my father pastored. My young life had been spent under Bible instruction,...
by debracelovsky | Apr 20, 2021 | Family Life, Word
Dead of night as the two men enter the river. Behind them, the vast encampment of their people spreads across the Plains of Moab, an occasional pinprick of firelight visible. The night is very cold. On the bank, other men stand quietly, watching anxiously. For several...
by debracelovsky | Apr 2, 2021 | Lent/Easter, Word
About 40 miles north of the Sea of Galilee, the lower slopes of 9,000 ft Mt. Hermon begin to rise into the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. A small group of men are climbing one of the lower slopes and, as they approach its crest, they will stop, rest awhile, and then...
by debracelovsky | Mar 27, 2021 | Dads, Word
We anticipate Easter with hungry hearts, anxious to rejoice in that glorious triumph over our sin. But in the days before the empty tomb we might consider whether any vestige of unforgiveness lurks in the dark corners of our hearts. This point, too, was made by Jesus...
by debracelovsky | Mar 15, 2021 | Family Life, Random Thinkings
Have you ever walked through an elderly care facility? Have you wondered about the lives of those men and women? Wondered what regrets they might have? Australian Bronnie Ware worked in palliative care for many years and she did ask. Five things kept surfacing in her...
