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 | Jan 5, 2021 | Prayer, Word
Amid all this lived this sturdy little woman, keeping her lamp alight so that New York Harbor might be safe for ships that pass in the night.Obituary, Kate Walker, New York Evening Post, February 5, 1931 In New York Harbor, between Staten Island and the Statue of...
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...
