by debracelovsky | Mar 12, 2022 | Lent/Easter
Do you believe that Christ was raised from the dead? Believe the same of yourself. Just as his death is yours, so also is his resurrection; if you have shared in the one, you shall share in the other. As of now the sin is done away with. John Chrysostom (345-407...
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 2, 2021 | Lent/Easter
Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become...
by debracelovsky | Feb 23, 2021 | Into the Vineyard, Lent/Easter
The vinedresser is never nearer the canes than when he is pruning them. David Jeremiah, Christian author Here in Wine Country, with harvest long past, and having shed their leaves, the Crazy Auntie-looking grapevine canes are being meticulously removed. In his...
by debracelovsky | Feb 15, 2021 | Lent/Easter
As I was preparing this week’s post on the approach of Lent 2021 (Wednesday, February 17 – Saturday, April 3), I recalled this one from the past. It is worth sharing again, with a few edits. Part Two, next week, will include a recent, nerve-wracking...
by debracelovsky | Apr 4, 2020 | Lent/Easter
When I was growing up, Easter appeared like a glorious burst of light in springtime. The small church my father pastored did all the traditional things and we children anticipated them with huge excitement: new Easter outfits, a Sunday School program, the Easter egg...
