by debracelovsky | Nov 25, 2021 | Autumn, Thanksgiving, Travel
. . .somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond any experience. . .” e.e. cummings After three weeks of traveling in Europe with my husband, and a little time to process, I want to put down some of the things for which the trip inspired me to be thankful in...
by debracelovsky | Oct 3, 2021 | Autumn, Family Life
One early evening after dinner, Rose, 2 1/2, bright blond hair in a spiky ponytail, says suddenly, “Starka! The sun is going!” We open the front door, step onto the porch, and look directly west. The brilliant sphere is a dazzling...
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
Scene: Joshua 2:1 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...
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...
