by debracelovsky | Sep 9, 2024 | Summer
God does what seems best to him, which is, therefore, best. George Rawlinson, British scholar and Christian theologian It was going to be a wonderful summer, the kind of summer we dream about in the middle of February—sunshine, grandkids in the pool all afternoon,...
by debracelovsky | Apr 8, 2024 | Dads, Family Life, Moms
I’m not sure I want to bring any more children into a world like this. You may have heard these words—or even said them. I have traveled several times to Israel and, within hours of landing at Tel Aviv Airport, we always travel south to a kibbutz near the...
by debracelovsky | Mar 31, 2024 | Lent/Easter
Read Matthew 28:1-10 This blessed day dawns. When you read the gospel accounts of resurrection morning, there was a great deal of traffic back and forth to the tomb. The women, the disciples. Confusion, disbelief. I particularly enjoy reading where the women first...
by debracelovsky | Mar 30, 2024 | Lent/Easter
Read Matthew 27:62-66 I imagine it as a day of unearthly calm. Between the horror and terror of Friday, and the inexpressible joy of Sunday morning, there is a day. I take the liberty of speculating: the bodies have been removed, the crosses stand empty, and Saturday...
by debracelovsky | Mar 29, 2024 | Lent/Easter
The Gospel of John, Chapter 19 Following is from John Bunyan’s classic, Pilgrim’s Progress: Now I saw in my dream that the highway which Christian was to go was fenced on either side with a wall called Salvation (Isaiah 26:1). Up this way therefore did...
