“And He said to those who sold doves.   “Take these things away!  Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” [John 3:16] We sometimes get the impression that things are worse than they were years ago, but even in the time of Jesus greed and corruption had entered into the temple, the most […]

“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”  [John 7:27-28] Not too far from our home there is a mountain spring that flows from deep within the mountain.  Often when we pass by we […]

Like the days of our lives the leaves reflect the times gone by, from tender green to darker and then a faded shade. From bronze to burnt and golden, the shades reveal the days when wind and storm crashed through our days and we were frail and worn.  We were weakened by the trouble yet […]