So, here comes another new year! If you are like most people, you may spend some time reflecting as 2024 turns into 2025. News Years Day is an occasion that most people take to sort through their mistakes of the last year and set new goals for the new year. If that is your custom […]

One of my favorite lessons of Advent is the third lesson of advent, the lesson of peace and love. In this lesson we ponder Bethlehem who had no room for for Jesus and remind ourselves that we must have room for Jesus when He knocks at the door of our lives today. We also ponder […]

The Second Lesson of Advent is the lesson of faith. The bible tells us that in Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Faith gives us the ability to trust in something that we do not see or completely understand. There were so many participants […]

Our hope in God can get us through life’s greatest storms, this same hope can also give us a wider perspective when we feel especially blest. Hope helps us to see the bigger picture and empowers us to keep our eyes on God’s plan not simply on our own plan. Hope is the first lesson […]

In the shadow of victory in World War Two many Americans were still in grief over lost loved ones who sacrificed themselves for greater good. It is estimated that around the U.S. counted around 407,000 military deaths and around 12,000 civilian deaths (due to crimes of war and military activity such as bombings.) The total […]

Today I will be reading the Proclamation given by Theodore Roosevelt in 1942 at the request of congress made on December 26, 1941 when America had just joined the fight for liberty in World War 2. In this proclamation, two days are set aside for prayer and thanksgiving because in times of great need we […]