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
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 | 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...
by debracelovsky | Nov 16, 2020 | Family Life, Word
Life is a theater, so invite your audiences carefully. Not everyone should be given a seat in the front row of our lives. Unknown Some years ago, the speaker at our annual women’s retreat opened with the above quote. This idea of being mindful of the people we...
by debracelovsky | Aug 17, 2020 | Family Life, Prayer, Word
All the dealings of God with the soul of the believer are in order to bring it into oneness with Himself. Hannah Whitall Smith, 1875 ...
